What is it about?
Academics are increasingly joining academic scholarly (social) networking sites. The authors used a brief survey to identify the primary motivators for social science faculty members at five Karachi (Pakistan) public sector universities.
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Why is it important?
What is the main motivation to join any Academic Scholarly Networking Site (e.g. Google Scholar, ResearchGate, Academia.edu and others) ? Libraries' institutional repository role helps researchers improve their research altmetric scores, i.e citation counts, views, downloads of any research publications. This paper also provides suggestions on how the librarian can support faculty member/research scholar to promote their research publications/work.
Perspectives
The main motive of the faculty members to join the ASNS to gain the citations, marketing research, collaboration with similar researchers and support young researcher in research.
Dr. Muhammad Yousuf Ali
Aga Khan University
Librarians already have important roles in helping researchers throughout the entire scholarship lifecycle. A relatively new phase is the creation of an effective academic profile. This paper suggests ways in which librarians can support researchers to expand the reach of their ideas.
Dr Joanna P. Richardson
Retired
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This page is a summary of: Usage of academic social networking sites by Karachi social science faculty, IFLA Journal, December 2017, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0340035217744235.
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