Beschreibung:
El Sharief, Omer AbbasThe author holds a Ph.D. in Library and Information Science from the University of Khartoum. He has academic and work experience in libraries in Sudan and the United Arab Emirates. His research interests include Knowledge Management, Knowledge Society, Knowledge Sharing, and Digital Libraries.
The book examined the awareness among Sudanese librarians of the potential opportunities for using social networks in professional development. Furthermore, the study has revealed that using social networking tools among librarians to exchange ideas and build relationships with customers is critical.Finally, the author has concluded up by giving some relevant recommendations. Those recommendations mainly enable the librarians in Sudan to utilize the new technologies and their applications for professional development and improve the LIS services to the local community.