AWARENESS AND ADOPTION OF SOCIAL MEDIA TOOLS BY LIBRARIANS FOR KNOWLEDGE SHARING IN UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES IN SOUTH-SOUTH NIGERIA: AN OVERVIEW.

Abstract

This paper presented an overview on the awareness and trends of the adoption social media tools for knowledge sharing by librarians in university libraries in South-South Nigeria. The paper explains the use of social media platforms for knowledge sharing in academic libraries and how it has gained significant attention in recent years. The paper explores the concept of social media, its significance in facilitating knowledge sharing by librarians in South-South University libraries, different types of social media platforms used in academic libraries, the challenges associated with their implementation and the way forward.