Awareness on Impact of Social Networking among Women Library Professionals in Tamilnadu

Social networking, has a greater role in information communication technologies, have influence among the library professionals' in their professional carrier development. In order to identify the influence among the women library professions, 150 questionnaire distributed among the women professionals working in three regions namely Coimbatore, Madurai and Trichi. Out of 150, 123 were received and the response rate is 82.0%. Social networking has a tool and purpose. Ten different social network tools were identified and the use of these tools were obtained using scale never, rarely, sometimes, frequently and always. blogging (Twitter, Weblogs), Discussion groups (Google/Yahoo! Groups) and Listservs (Lisforum, Nmlis) were the first three preferences among the women professionals irrespective of region. Least preferences were given for Social book marking/aggregating (Delicious, FriendFeed) and RSS feeds. The use of social networking were indicated women LIS professionals irrespective of region were “To keep in touch with old friends”; “Get to know someone” and “Provides a platform for discussing the professional issues” has the first three preferences. The least preferences were given for “Facilitates to make important decision”, “It is an opportunity to interact with friends and experts” and “Resolve disagreements”.