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Item Library and social networking: a new tool in information management(Department of Library and Information Studies Faculty of Humanities, Botswana, Gaborone, 2009) Alonge, A. J.The paper discusses social networking as a new tool in information management, using Facebook as case study. It explicates how social Networking can enhance library outreach and librarians’ collaboration. It presents social networking as new tool in information management that is capable of creating futures -prospects, opportunities, hope for library users and information and library professionals. For the purpose of this work three groups were created on Facebook. One for library users and two for Librarians. Social networking sites could be effectively used to disseminate information and promote pleasant professional relationship among librarians and library users. It encourages academic collaboration. With Facebook group, pictures of memorable events could be shared, news could be posted, and meeting, conference and workshop could be announced.Item Social media in library and information centres(Information Science Reference, USA (an imprint of IGI Global), 2012) Alonge, A. J.This chapter discusses social networking as a new tool in information management, using Facebook as case study. It explicates how social networking can enhance library outreach and librarians ’collaboration. It presents social networking as new tool in information management that is capable of creating future prospects, opportunities, and hope for library users, and information and library professionals. For the purpose of this work, three groups were created on Facebook. One for library users and two for Librarians: Academic Library Users, African Librarian, and Nigerian Librarians. Social networking sites could be effectively used to disseminate information and promote pleasant professional relationship among librarians and library users. It encourages academic collaboration. With Facebook group, pictures of memorable events could be shared, news could be posted, and meetings, conferences, and workshops could be announced.