Following the Yik Yak: Using Social Media Observations to Understand Student Needs on College Campuses

dc.contributor.authorEmmelhainz, Celia
dc.contributor.authorRigby, Miriam
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-11T19:54:16Z
dc.date.available2019-07-11T19:54:16Z
dc.date.created
dc.date.issued2017-07-12
dc.description.abstractWhat can social media tell us about our patrons? We look at Yik Yak through the lens of library ethnography, suggesting that anonymous social media can reveal not only complaints and commentary about library services and spaces, but also uncover students’ emotional and social experience with research and study space. Looking at social media posts on Yik Yak, we uncover common threads of social dynamics, expectations of quiet space, and frustration with studying, all of which increase our understanding of student experiences in US and international libraries.en_US
dc.identifier.citationEmmelhainz, C., & Rigby, M. (2017). Following the Yik Yak: Using Social Media Observations to Understand Student Needs on College Campuses. In the Library With the Lead Pipe. http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2017/yik-yak/en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/24775
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherIn the Library With the Lead Pipeen_US
dc.rightsCreative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0-USen_US
dc.subjectLibrarianshipen_US
dc.subjectSocial Mediaen_US
dc.subjectOutreachen_US
dc.subjectUniversity Studentsen_US
dc.titleFollowing the Yik Yak: Using Social Media Observations to Understand Student Needs on College Campusesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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