Assessing Information Needs and Interaction Needs for Library Facebook

In this study, students’ information needs and interaction needs regarding library Facebook were studied. Questionnaireswere distributed to library users. Results of the study reveal that among various information needs for using library Facebook.“Announcement and promotion of new books” is rated as the highest information need, and “Sharing of new books” is rated as the highest interaction need (16 items). Correlation analyses indicate that users’ use of Facebook functions significantly correlated with the information needs of library Facebook (r = 0.223, p = 0.000) and the interaction need of library Facebook (r = 0.223, p = 0.000); information need of library Facebook significantly correlated with interaction need of library Facebook (r = 0.637, p = 0.000).