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How Indian libraries tweet? Word frequency and sentiment analysis of library tweets

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Title Statement How Indian libraries tweet? Word frequency and sentiment analysis of library tweets
 
Added Entry - Uncontrolled Name Patra, Swapan Kumar; Tshwane University of Technology
Dr. Swapan Kumar Patra receives Career Advancement Research Fellowship from South African Research Chair (SARChI) on Innovation Studies through Tshwane University of Technology, Republic of South Africa.
 
Uncontrolled Index Term Library Science, Information Science, Big Data, Twitter, Social Network Site
Twitter; Libraries; Library services; Sentiment analysis; Word cloud; R software; Social network sites
 
Summary, etc. The study attempts to map Twitter activity of selected Indian libraries using word frequency and sentiment analysis.Tweets of 18 libraries’ (5 academic libraries, 5 government libraries, 5 school libraries and 3 public libraries) were downloaded during June and July 2019. ‘R’ software was used for the analysis. The study finds that Indian libraries are less active on Twitter. The word cloud based on the most frequently occurring words from the Tweets observed variations in Tweets depend upon the type of libraries. Sentiment analysis of Tweets showed that most of the libraries’ Tweets are positive in nature. The study recommends that Indian libraries should use twitter to promote their collections and services.
 
Publication, Distribution, Etc. Annals of Library and Information Studies (ALIS)
2019-12-07 16:59:07
 
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http://op.niscair.res.in/index.php/ALIS/article/view/26636
 
Data Source Entry Annals of Library and Information Studies (ALIS); ##issue.vol## 66, ##issue.no## 4 (2019): Annals of Library and Information Studies
 
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