Results from the slightly flawed survey sent out on March 8th ...


Out of 34 respondents 15 use social media and 19 do not.

The parent institutions of 31 respondents use social media.

17 use facebook, 14 use twitter, 3 use google+, 5 use flickr, 7 use
youtube, 1 uses foursquare and 9 have blogs with 1 Pinterest user.

The majority do not track usage for statistics though 8 do.

Most people (12) use social media to announce events while some (7) to
engage their users, 4 have used it to field reference questions and 1
user said social media is used for "general awareness."

The majority of responses were from Academic Libraries (30) with a
handful of others (2 public, 2 private, 4 government).

The majority of responses were from the US (28) with 1 from Canada, 2
from the UK, 1 each from Australia, Belgium and Greece.



Do you have any other quick survey ideas? Send them to Angie and watch
for more Maps-L surveys.

Angie


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Maps-L Map Libraries & Social Media Survey
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2013 08:12:56 -0600
From: Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library, UW Milwaukee
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Organization: American Geographical Society Library
To: Maps-L <[log in to unmask]>

Hello everyone,

It's time for a Maps-L Survey.

Please follow the link below and complete the survey. We'll start this
Maps-L survey trend with a survey on Map Libraries & Social Media.

The survey is non-scientific and just for fun. I'll post results next
week Friday.

Map Libraries & Social Media Survey

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CTGQQL7



Sent by:
Angie Cope
Maps-L Moderator