2012 Volume 41

Asia-Pacific libraries on Facebook: Content analysis on posts and interactions

2012 Volume 41, All articles

By: Catherine Tan, Sum Wai Yuan Hedren, Frank Seah Eng Kiat, V.Somasundram & Evelyn Wong. pp. 65-88. Abstract: A study was conducted on 82 university library Facebook pages across 52 Asia-Pacific universities. The popularity of these Facebook pages was analysed and they reached an overall average of 9.4% of their user population. The study also […]

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Information needs and seeking behaviour of Business students

2012 Volume 41, All articles

By: Shaheen Majid, Iftikah Hayat, Rashna Phiroze Patel and Srivatson Vijayaraghavan. pp. 14-35. Abstract: Information needs and seeking behaviour of library users are changing due to several factors such as availability of information in multiple formats, new information discovery and delivery channels particularly mobile devices, changes in scholarly communications, and the entrance of new players

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Explorations of electronic outreach – the Republic Polytechnic Library experience

2012 Volume 41, All articles

By: Francy Chong and Yit Chin Chuan. pp. 1-13. Abstract:  The Republic Polytechnic Library explored the use of electronic platforms such as emails, blogs and Facebook to reach out to its intended audience.  Survey results indicate that 13% of library users did not read emails from the library and steps should be taken to improve

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