Abstract
The paper examines how academic social media utilisation can enhance research activities of Library and Information Science educators in Nigerian universities. The study highlighted the various research activities of Library and Information Science educators such as information gathering, collaboration, and dissemination of research findings and measurement of impacts. In addition, the authors elaborated on the benefits of academic social media such as Research gate, Academia.edu, Google Scholar, LinkedIn, Open Researcher Contributor Identity and Mendeley to include profile creation, information gathering, search for potential collaborators, instant research result dissemination, measurement of impact and management of research. The study stated that factors such as social influence, technical factors and personal factors can influence use of academic social media platforms.
 Keywords: Social media, Academics, Research Library and Information Science, Educators
Highlights
Library and information science (LIS) professionals have been faced with several challenges such as continuous change in technology, change in government policies, changing societal and individuals’ information expectations
Library and Information Science Educators in Nigeria have great role to play in promoting the profession by conveying existing knowledge, providing competencies and skills and ensuring they consider the new roles potential information science professionals are likely to play in the society in the nearest future
It is worthy to note that library and information science educators can find potential collaborators from academic social media platforms such as academia.edu, Researchgate, Mendeley, Linkedin and Open Researcher and Contributor Identity(ORCID)
Summary
Library and information science (LIS) professionals have been faced with several challenges such as continuous change in technology, change in government policies, changing societal and individuals’ information expectations. Despite the importance of conducting a vibrant research activity, Ononogho (2014) emphasized that most LIS professionals in Nigeria do not adequately embark on research activities that are often well thought out to address contemporary events in the society and the profession. In these ways LIS issues and critical thinking are not prominent and noticeable. The need for library and information science educators to incorporate digital technology in their research activities so as to improve of their research such as academic social media (ASM).
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