Application of Social Media Devices: Effective Instruments for Library Services Provision to Physically Challenged Academic Library users in Nigeria

Application of Social Media Devices: Effective Instruments for Library Services Provision to Physically Challenged Academic Library users in Nigeria

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Provision of library services is very important to all and sundry particularly physically challenged library users, the study therefore based on the application of social media devices as an effective instrument for library services provision to physically challenged library users in Nigeria, the study examines the concept of physically challenged person to be someone who cannot carry out normal day-to-day activities, or as a result of their appearances which labeled them physically challenged, the study further preempts on social media concept, common types of social media devices used for library services such as YouTube, WhatsApp, Facebook, Flickr among others, that they are good instruments to publicized library services to physically challenged library users, highlighted some of the library services to the physically challenged library users to be reading, references, reprographics, online, transcription marketing, SDI, CAS, and many more services.

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Festus Onifade. 2021. \u201cApplication of Social Media Devices: Effective Instruments for Library Services Provision to Physically Challenged Academic Library users in Nigeria\u201d. Global Journal of Computer Science and Technology - G: Interdisciplinary GJCST-G Volume 21 (GJCST Volume 21 Issue G2): .

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Submission ReceivedSeptember 11, 2021
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