The social impact of libraries as reported in the Region of Extremadura’s communications media during the economic crisis in Spain

Pérez, Cristina Faba; Cebrián-Solís, Raquel

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“…The reason for the focus of the present study on secondary school libraries was that this educational stage is where pupils have attained the minimum age (14 years) required to open and manage a social media account autonomously (Gobierno de España, Agencia Estatal, 2008) and because the pupils already have access to devices and know certain Web 2.0 tools (Durban Roca, 2013). In addition, the motivation for working with Extremadura was because it is a region with a mainly rural character (88.3 per cent of its inhabitants reside in rural municipalities) (Faba-Pérez and Cebrián-Solís, 2017), and communication through these social media allows the ready flow of information between rural areas (Infante-Fernández and Faba-Pérez, 2017).…”

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The content disseminated on social media by public secondary school libraries as a reflection of society

Pérez

Infante-Fernández

2019

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the type of content disseminated by school libraries through social media and what topics are the most commonly used, to discover if, in addition to topics concerning libraries, information with a wide social scope is also disseminated. Design/methodology/approach This paper reviews the use of social media as well as the implementation of a content analysis on the most used 2.0 platforms, to locate which content is the most relevant in the school libraries of public secondary schools in Extremadura. Findings In the Extremadura region of Spain, the results of the 752 publications posted during the period 2014-2017 by the libraries of the 86 public secondary schools on six selected social media platforms generated a total of 4 categories and 14 subcategories, and point to a predominance of topics related to encouraging and promoting reading and writing, and to the library’s support function for both the classroom and the school. However, shortcomings are detected in content related to social aspects of special interest, such as bullying or education in equality. Originality/value The originality of this paper lies in the fact that although there are some works on the analysis of the content of the social web of libraries in general, especially university libraries, the same does not apply to the evaluation of social media in school libraries, and much less about the analysis of social media content in these types of libraries.

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The content disseminated on social media by public secondary school libraries as a reflection of society

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Infante-Fernández

2019

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El uso de los medios sociales en las bibliotecas de los centros de educación secundaria como canales de difusión de su información: el caso de Extremadura

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Pérez

2017

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Usando como muestra los centros públicos de educación secundaria de la Comunidad de Extremadura en España, el objetivo de este trabajo consiste en descubrir cómo la biblioteca escolar realiza la difusión de información a través de medios sociales, cuáles son los más utilizados para ello y qué contenidos son los más difundidos, así como establecer una clasificación de centros educativos atendiendo al uso que sus bibliotecas hacen de los medios, para lo que se crea una ponderación contrastada de medios y de usos. Los resultados de la muestra señalan que: el 60,61% de las bibliotecas de secundaria participa en algún medio social (con un promedio de 3,66); Twitter, Facebook, Google+ y Pinterest resultan los medios más dinámicos para llevar a cabo la difusión de información; los blogs se asientan como la herramienta más importante para realizar esta labor; y la ‘Población’ y el ‘Producto Interior Bruto per cápita’ del municipio en el que se ubica el centro escolar cuya biblioteca se analiza, no influyen en la posición que éste obtiene en la clasificación de medios sociales. Se concluye con la propuesta de una serie de pautas para una planificación futura sobre la presencia de las bibliotecas escolares de secundaria en medios sociales.

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The social impact of libraries as reported in the Region of Extremadura’s communications media during the economic crisis in Spain

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The content disseminated on social media by public secondary school libraries as a reflection of society

The content disseminated on social media by public secondary school libraries as a reflection of society

El uso de los medios sociales en las bibliotecas de los centros de educación secundaria como canales de difusión de su información: el caso de Extremadura

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