Use of Facebook by Deanships of Library Affairs: Perspectives of Library Staff at the Universities in Saudi Arabia

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Abstract: The use of new social networking sites to increase the communication with the university library for students and staff was discussed and examined in 42 universities library deanships in KSA (include both governmental and private universities). The study employed both primary and secondary data collection methods in order to explore the use of Facebook in Deanships of Libraries Affairs (DLAs). The data collected were processed and tabulated with discussions. The researcher found that the use of Facebook pages for libraries is very important in our time, especially with the increasingly use of social networks and smart phones services, especially in the Arab countries. Developing that service will allow students and researchers to have easy and efficient access library services.