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Direct linkERIC Number: EJ825201
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009-Jan
Pages: 12
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ISSN: ISSN-1531-2542
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Academic Libraries, Facebook and MySpace, and Student Outreach: A Survey of Student Opinion
Connell, Ruth Sara
portal: Libraries and the Academy, v9 n1 p25-36 Jan 2009
This study surveyed 366 Valparaiso University freshmen to discover their feelings about librarians using Facebook and MySpace as outreach tools. The vast majority of respondents had online social network profiles. Most indicated that they would be accepting of library contact through those Web sites, but a sizable minority reacted negatively to the concept. Because of the potential to infringe on students' sense of personal privacy, it is recommended that librarians proceed with caution when implementing online social network profiles. (Contains 30 notes and 2 figures.)
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Privacy, Academic Libraries, Profiles, Social Networks, Librarians, Student Surveys, College Freshmen, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education, Web Sites, Internet
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Education Level: Higher Education
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