As redes sociais no sistema de bibliotecas da UFMG

Abstract

The emergence of Web 2.0 and all of its features has had a substantial impact on libraries. In order to keep their users who were migrating to the internet, libraries had to reinvent themselves, as well as enhance their traditional products and services, generating new Web 2.0-based products and services. Among the new tools that the library used to adapt for the new times, the one chosen for this research were social networks, due to the impact they have on the lives of Brazilians. This study is an explanatory descriptive work. The purpose of this study is to conduct a quantitative investigation of the use of social networks in each of the components of the Library System inthe Federal University of Minais Gerais. The instrument used to conduct the research was the questionnaire, in order to analyze the presence of libraries of the University of Minas Gerais Library System in social networks, checking which libraries use them and which networks were chosen for such use, with the purpose to identify the obstacles faced by librarians in each library of the system regarding the implementation and use of social networks. The application of this study resulted in knowing a portion of the reality of the Library System of the Federal University of Minas Gerais regarding the use and maintenance of social networks and some suggestions for improving the use and maintenanceof this tool are suggested