Use of Social Networks in Libraries

Abstract

Social media has become part of our routine life. Without social media; we can’t imagine our personal and professional life. Library and information centres can harvest this technology to promote their resources and services. In this paper, the authors explored how libraries can make use of this technology in reaching out to their patrons and promote the resources and services. Authors also tried, and o examined how different social network applications can be used to promote the LIS services and connect with the user on various social media platforms.