Use of Social Media Tools for Library Services during the Critical Condition of Covid-19 in University Libraries of Odisha

Abstract

Social media applications play an important role in every domain especially in LIS profession. This paper is based on the use of analytical study of social media tools in university libraries of Odisha during the pandemic period Covid-19. The data for present study was collected through questionnaire. A number of 100 filled questionnaires were collected from the library professionals of different universities of Odisha. The study investigated the use of social media tools i.e. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp, LinkedIn, YouTube, MySpace, etc. Respondents were largely in the favour of the fact that Facebook is the prominent social media tool used by LIS professionals to share the library services. The objective of the research is to analyse the use of social media applications for the library users in pandemic situation of Covid-19, specifically with reference to the university libraries of Odisha.