Applications and advantages of the use of scientific social networks in the university students of khorramabad city

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

• fariborz doroudi ¹
• Fateme Dalvand ²

¹ Assistant professor, Iranian Research Institute for Information Science and Technology (IranDoc), Tehran, Iran.

² M.S. in Information Science and Knowledge; Management and Planning Organization of Iran, Lorestan Province, Khorramabad, Iran.

10.22067/infosci.2023.80727.1151

Abstract

Abstract

Introduction: Academic Social media are interactive tools technologies that facilitate the creation and sharing of data, information, text, images, video, visuals, ideas, interests, and other forms of expression through virtual networks. The rapid progress and development of social media and its associated tools have made Dissemination of information easy for the university students. this research aimed at studing the familiarity with applications and advantages of the use of scientific’s social networks in the university studentsof Khorramabad city.

Methods: The type of research is applied. The research method is survey-descriptive. The statistical population was about 5000 students The study sample was consiste of 374 male and female students of state and nongovernmental universities (such as Azad, Payam Noor and Applied-Science) from Khorramabad city who were studying in the year of 2016. Data were collected by the researcher-made questionnaire and at the interval scale. The validity of the questionnaire was done using the face validity method, using the opinions of subject experts. The final reliability of the questionnaire in the sample of 374 students was determined to be 0.94 using Cronbach's alpha method.In order to analysis of the data, the software SPSS 21 was used.

Findings: The results showed that the rate use of the users of scientific’s social networks in Khorramabad’s academic libraries were lower than average or in low level. According to the rank average of from highest to lowest, the applications of the use of scientific’s social networks in Khorramabad’s university libraries indicated that the use of scientific’s social networks in Khorramabad’s university students in the fields of instruction, research, scientific, social, providing a suitable platform for scientific communication among students, teachers and researchers, cultural, transferring the knowledge and update concepts were 1 to 7 respectively. Also, the advantages of the use of scientific’s social networks in Khorramabad’s university students in the field of time spent of the use of resources, considered as a useful system in academic libraries, used by ordinary people and non-students, raising awareness, enhancing learning, the acquisition of useful content and scientific articles, promote the scientific and research of students, the dissemination of information and the library’s refreshes, attracting students and use of this modern system were 1 to 9 respectively.

Conclusion: Using scientific social networks such as LinkedIn, ResearchGate, and Academia, books, articles, and library files can be easily shared for accessibility. It provided appropriate information services and supported educational and research activities. Also, important benefits were identified in the use of social networks. Among them: Scientific communication and interaction among students, rapid dissemination of information, bringing users closer beyond the geographical location, influence for better communication in virtual space, awareness of the proper functioning of networks, optimization of the time of using resources, the useful role of this system in academic libraries and strengthening the awareness of Specialized students. One of the important problems in using social networks is the low level of digital literacy among students.

Keywords

• Scientific Social Networks
• Khorramabad city
• students Universities

Main Subjects

• Academic Libraries

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