Social media usage among users of Sabah state library, Malaysia

Awang Ali, Siti Rinawaty and Wan Mokhtar, Wan Nor Haliza and Hussin, Norhayati (2025) Social media usage among users of Sabah state library, Malaysia. Journal of Information and Knowledge Management (JIKM), 15 (SI2): 28. pp. 302-310. ISSN ISSN:2231-8836 ; E-ISSN:2289-5337

Abstract

The evolution of Information Technology and the rise of the digital era since the year 2000 has been a challenging mission for libraries all over the world to be still relevant in providing information in all kinds of practices. Since the year 2020, the social media platform has grown rapidly and it has been the most visited site on the internet. Sabah State Library as a responsible library for all the districts in Sabah, Malaysia, needs to take the challenge in order to remain relevant in this field. Therefore, librarians, library staff and the users need to be supportive and cooperative in implementing this new trends to achieve an impactful consequence as anticipated. The outcome of the study on the social media usage among users of the Sabah State Library, Malaysia are discussed in this paper.

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Awang Ali, Siti Rinawaty
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Wan Mokhtar, Wan Nor Haliza
whaliza@uitm.edu.my
Hussin, Norhayati
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Subjects: Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > Library Science. Information Science > Library information networks > Individual international networks, projects, etc > Social media. Online social networks
Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > Library Science. Information Science > Classes of libraries
Divisions: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Selangor > Puncak Perdana Campus > Faculty of Information Management
Journal or Publication Title: Journal of Information and Knowledge Management (JIKM)
UiTM Journal Collections: UiTM Journals > International Journal of Information and Knowledge Management (JIKM)
ISSN: ISSN:2231-8836 ; E-ISSN:2289-5337
Volume: 15
Number: SI2
Page Range: pp. 302-310
Keywords: Social media, Social media usage, Library users, Public library, Sabah State Library
Date: August 2025
URI: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/122262
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