Adoption of Library 2.0 Functionalities by Academic Libraries and Users: A Knowledge Management Perspective
The Journal of Academic LibrarianshipPublished 3 April 2010
Yong‐Mi Kim, June Abbas
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RSS and blogs are widely adopted by academic libraries while users widely utilized the bookmark function, according to randomly selected academic library Web sites and users.
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This study investigates the adoption of Library 2.0 functionalities by academic libraries and users through a knowledge management perspective. Based on randomly selected 230 academic library Web sites and 184 users, the authors found RSS and blogs are widely adopted by academic libraries while users widely utilized the bookmark function.
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