Academic librarians and their social media presence: A story of motivations and deterrents

Information Development

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 159-171

  Zohoorian Fooladi, Niusha ^a   Abrizah, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

academic librarians; Library 2.0; Malaysia; social media presence; social networking tools; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899699295     PISSN: 02666669     EISSN: 17416469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266666913481689     Document Type: Article

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