Social media as a tool for information dissemination among academic library staff in the university of ilesa

This study investigates how the University of Ilesa library staff use social media as a tool for information dissemination. Data from 40 library staff members from various functional units, such as acquisition, cataloguing, circulation, serials, reference, e library, and bindery, were gathered using a descriptive survey design. Results show that social media platforms, especially Facebook (87.5% daily use) and WhatsApp (90% daily use), are widely used for internal notifications, document tran