Social Media Objectives and Challenges for Law Libraries: a Systematic Literature Review

The purpose of this paper is to examine the scholarly peer-reviewed publications relating to social media objectives and challenges of law libraries. The methodology is that of a systematic literature review. The studies included in this literature review shows that the social media objectives of la...

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Published in:Legal information management 2016-12, Vol.16 (4), p.257-264
Main Authors: Intahchomphoo, Channarong, Jeske, Margo, Landriault, Emily
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Current Issues
Davidson, Stephanie
Law libraries
Legal research
Librarians
Library and information science
Library collections
Literature reviews
Online tutorials
Reference services
Science
Social networks
Social research
Studies
User behavior
Web 2.0
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Summary:The purpose of this paper is to examine the scholarly peer-reviewed publications relating to social media objectives and challenges of law libraries. The methodology is that of a systematic literature review. The studies included in this literature review shows that the social media objectives of law libraries are: promoting and marketing resources and services, supporting legal research teaching and tutorials and providing reference services. Secondly, law libraries face some challenges with their social media usage regarding the quality and scope of content, technological difficulties and online privacy.
ISSN:1472-6696
1741-2021
DOI:10.1017/S1472669616000554