Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing via Facebook Groups: Analysis of Postings of Library and Information Science Community

Kshirod Das; R.K. Mahapatra

doi:10.14429/djlit.38.2.10949

Kshirod Das National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Sundargarh, Odisha, India http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6020-9119
R.K. Mahapatra Department of Library & Information Science, Tripura University, Suryaminagar - 799 022, India

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14429/djlit.38.2.10949

Keywords: Social Networking Sites, LIS Community, Facebook Group, Knowledge Sharing, Collaboration, Group Posting, Photo Sharing, Sharing Videos.

Abstract

Social networking sites are visibly the latest trend and have changed the way the 21st century communicates each other. Its usage becomes more and more in the world of information, its presence in the library and information science becomes challenging and exciting. The aim of this study was to know the trend of posting, sharing, commenting and like a Facebook post, to understand the participation level and response against Facebook group post, and also to explore the type of content generated by LIS community through Facebook Group. Group postings/contents of four different Facebook Group Pages (“LIS Group, LIS-XPRESS, S.M.I.T. Library Students, Students of LIS”), operating and use by LIS Community during the period February 2012 to February 2015 are collected, read and analyzed. The analysis of those contents found that sharing photos, links and statuses are major types of group posts in every group and members hardly posting videos and create events for the community.

Author Biographies

Kshirod Das, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Sundargarh, Odisha, India

Mr Kshirod Das is pursuing his PhD in Library &Information Science. Presently working as Senior Technical Assistant in Biju Patnaik Central Library of NIT Rourkela, Odisha. He has research papers in conferences and book chapters to his credit.

R.K. Mahapatra, Department of Library & Information Science, Tripura University, Suryaminagar - 799 022, India

Prof. R.K. Mahapatra is presently working as Associate Professor DLIS, Tripura University (A Central University), Tripura; his areas of experience include Information Processing, Information Seeking Behaviour, Knowledge Management, Research Methods, Library Automation & Networking and Digital Library Initiation. he has published 85 research papers in journals and conferences and chapters in books and festschrift volumes, reviewed books and co-authored more than 4 books.