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Tweeting into the void?: creating a UK library Twitter list and analyzing best practice – successes and myths

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Despite the vast amount of research into social media use by libraries, no research has been made into its use by smaller UK libraries. Although many statements have been made regarding the time- and cost-saving nature of social media, there is a lack of comparative research about its usefulness in different types of library. To address these points, this study gathered statistics from 1,425 library accounts on the social media tool Twitter. Five smaller libraries were selected for a more ...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1629/uksg.471

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
Gardens, Libraries and Museums
Department:
Als - Social Sciences Subject Area
Sub department:
Social Science Library
Department:
Oxford, GLAM, Social Sciences Subject Area, Social Science Library
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Author
ORCID:
0000-0002-4803-3659
Publisher:
Ubiquity Press Publisher's website
Journal:
Insights Journal website
Volume:
32
Issue:
1
Article number:
20
Publication date:
2019-06-19
Acceptance date:
2019-05-07
DOI:
EISSN:
2048-7754
Language:
English
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Pubs id:
pubs:1019556
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uuid:c90668fa-2430-4dc0-a597-0c790250b373
Local pid:
pubs:1019556
Source identifiers:
1019556
Deposit date:
2019-06-20

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