Paper Info
Title
Public libraries and the social web: a review and analysis of the existing literature.
Abstract
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to update Carlsson (2015), which examined the research on public libraries and the social web published from 2006 to 2012, and it also intends to go beyond Carlsson (2015) by including six additional variables. Design/methodology/approach Literature searches were performed against Web of Science Core Collection and EBSCOhost databases. By adapting Carlsson's (2015) three level key phrase searches, which were then complemented by chain searching, a total of 60 articles were identified and analyzed. Findings In comparison to Carlsson (2015), this study shows that the recent research, published between 2012 and 2018, leans toward a more general acceptance of the social web's usage to improve the services provided by public libraries; that the public library is rarely premised to be in a state of crisis; and that the social web is mostly perceived as having a complementary relationship with librarianship and library services. The findings from analyzing the six additional variables are also presented. Originality/value Given the continued popularity of social web usage among public libraries, this study examines the literature published on the social web in the public library context between 2012 and 2018 and offers implications and future research suggestions.
Year
DOI
Venue
2020
10.1108/JD-04-2019-0073
JOURNAL OF DOCUMENTATION
Keywords
Field
DocType
Public libraries,Social web,Social media
World Wide Web,Social web,Information retrieval,Computer science
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
76.0
1.0
0022-0418
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Namjoo Choi15610.22
Lindsey M. Harper200.34