NDLI: Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing via Facebook Groups: Analysis of Postings of Library and Information Science Community

Content Provider	DRDO Published Journals
Author	Das, Kshirod Mahapatra, R.K.
Abstract	Social networking sites are visibly the latest trend and have changed the way the 21st century communicates each other. Its usage becomes more and more in the world of information, its presence in the library and information science becomes challenging and exciting. The aim of this study was to know the trend of posting, sharing, commenting and like a Facebook post, to understand the participation level and response against Facebook group post, and also to explore the type of content generated by LIS community through Facebook Group. Group postings/contents of four different Facebook Group Pages (“LIS Group, LIS-XPRESS, S.M.I.T. Library Students, Students of LIS”), operating and use by LIS Community during the period February 2012 to February 2015 are collected, read and analyzed. The analysis of those contents found that sharing photos, links and statuses are major types of group posts in every group and members hardly posting videos and create events for the community.
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09740643
e-ISSN	09764658
DOI	10.14429/djlit.38.2.10949
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://publications.drdo.gov.in/ojs/index.php/djlit/article/view/10949/6161
Journal	DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology
Issue Number	2
Volume Number	38
Language	English
Publisher Date	2018-03-23
Publisher Department	Department of Library & Information Science
Publisher Institution	National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Sundargarh, Odisha, India
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Social Networking Sites Lis Community Facebook Group Knowledge Sharing Collaboration Group Posting Photo Sharing Sharing Videos.
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Library and Information Sciences

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1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
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7	National Digital Library of India Club (NDLI Club)	Queries related to NDLI Club formation, support, user awareness program, seminar/symposium, collaboration, social media, promotion, and outreach	clubsupport@ndl.gov.in
8	Digital Preservation Centre (DPC)	Assistance with digitizing and archiving copyright-free printed books	dpc@ndl.gov.in
9	IDR Setup or Support	Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops	idr@ndl.gov.in

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