Use of Social Media for Dissemination of Drug Abuse Prevention Information in Federal University Libraries in South-East Nigeria

The study investigated use of social media in disseminating information
on drug abuse prevention by academic librarians in South East Nigeria.
A survey research design was used for the study. The population of the
study comprised 71 academic librarians working in the four South-East
Federal Universities. Questionnaire was used for data collection. Mean
and percentages were used for data analysis. The major findings include
that 82.76 percent of respondents used Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter, Chat
and SMS to disseminate early intervention as prevention information on
drug abuse. It was also found that Face- book was the most frequently
used social medium for dissemination of drug abuse prevention
information and fluctuation of Internet access posed the greatest
challenge for dissemination of drug abuse prevention information in
university libraries. The study recommended among others, that there is
need for in-service training of academic librarians on use of social media
for information dissemination.