Gender Differences in the Awareness and Use of Social Bookmarking Sites by Faculty of Engineering Colleges in Puducherry, India
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https://doi.org/10.51983/ijiss.2019.9.2.622Keywords:
Social Bookmarking, Engineering Colleges, LibraryThing, Delicious.com, Digg, BibSonomy, Social Media, CiteULike, Elium.online Resources, Online EducationAbstract
In the advent of online technologies, most of the information resources available in the form of digital. So the Faculty may be able to replace or supplement printed information sources with social bookmarking sites. This study reported awareness and use of social bookmarking services by faculty of engineering colleges at Puducherry union territories. The survey research design was employed and questionnaire was used to collect data and SPSS statistical tools used for analyzing the data. This study found that the faculty are largely (70.5%) aware of social bookmarking services. Their familiarity with and usage of the services were very low as very little proportions of the respondents from female faculty members. Most of the proposed null hypotheses are accepted.
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