Assessing the appropriation of social media by academic librarians in South Africa and Zimbabwe

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dc.contributor.authorMabweazara, Rangarirai Moira
dc.contributor.authorZinn, Sandy
dc.date.accessioned19/04/2017 09:45
dc.date.available19/04/2017 09:45
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractResearch into the appropriation of social media by academic libraries in countries with growing economies is scarce. There remains an empirical and theoretical gap in the literature about how librarians, particularly those in Southern Africa, are deploying social media in their work routines and in their personal lives. Based on one of the researchers' experiences at the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) Library and both researchers' use of the University of the Western Cape (UWC) Library, the researchers aimed to examine the way librarians deploy and appropriate social media platforms as part of their service delivery. Using data derived from a questionnaire survey among librarians at UWC in South Africa and NUST in Zimbabwe, this study examined how librarians use social media for professional and personal purposes. The findings suggest that UWC librarians are more proficient social media users than NUST librarians. They further reveal that UWC librarians themselves are managing social media, while at NUST, the Information Technology department is directly responsible for managing the platforms. The study found that UWC Library utilises social media to promote its services more widely, whereas the NUST Library uses social media for reference services.en_US
dc.description.accreditationDHETen_US
dc.identifier.citationMabweazara, R.M. & Zinn, S. (2016). Assessing the appropriation of social media by academic librarians in South Africa and Zimbabwe. South African Journal of Library and Information Science, 82(1): 1-12en_US
dc.identifier.issn0256-8861
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/2744
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.7553/82-1-1571
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterFALSE
dc.publisherLIASAen_US
dc.rightsThe South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science is an Open Access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author (see http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/search.php). This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of Open Access.
dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.subjectSocial mediaen_US
dc.subjectTechnological Acceptance Model (TAM)en_US
dc.subjectAcademic librariesen_US
dc.subjectNational University of Science and Technology (NUST)en_US
dc.subjectUniversity of the Western Cape (UWC)en_US
dc.titleAssessing the appropriation of social media by academic librarians in South Africa and Zimbabween_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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