Social Media Awareness and Use Among LIS Professionals in India: A Study

Social media is offering new challenges to Library and Information science professionals in this web based environment to enhance the number of social media users, social media tools and social media sites. The results of this study divulge that the majority of the LIS professionals are aware of social media but are being mainly used for personal purposes. Only a limited percentage of LIS professionals use social media for their professional development and promotion of their libraries in India. Majority of the respondents think official social media profiles of the library are a must for the development of libraries in this internet age but only limited libraries in India has official social media profiles. So LIS professionals in India had to perk up their social media presence and acclimatize social media for their professional as well as ultimately for enhancement of the library and Information centers.