Using the students of the Department of Libraries and Information at the University of Banha (Facebook) as a source of electronic information that supports courses

Document Type : Original Article

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قسم المکتبات جامعة بنها

Abstract

The present study aims to identifying to what extent the students of
the Department of Libraries and Information at Banha University used
Facebook as a source of electronic information that supports courses, And
reasons for use and non-use, based on the field approach. The
questionnaire was used as a data collection tool. The study sample of
Facebook users in the educational process reached (234) students. Among
the most important results of the study, encouraging the vast majority of
students (81.6%) to use Facebook in education. They also stressed that
Facebook is a source of electronic information that supports courses, W hile
non-users pointed out to Facebook that the main reason for non-use is not
to have a computer connected to the Internet, (76%) of non-users of
Facebook stressed that they have a real desire to use Facebook in the
future and that the main means Which they rely on to obtain the information
that supports the courses were represented in the library search and
inquire from friends