28 · Survey Results: Survey Questions and Responses
and to broaden our professional social network. Some groups/committees on campus also use Facebook as a
way to communicate. MySpace is used by our media center to promote a radio show.”
“Used to share information about Rutgers Libraries on Facebook.”
“Outreach to students to share information and links to useful sources.”
“Librarians have individual profiles and use Facebook (and to a lesser extent MySpace) as a component part
of liaison and outreach activities. Our presence is primarily through the individual liaison librarians. We also
provide links for our Admissions office to include in their admitted students Facebook group.”
Please indicate the main goals for using this particular tool. Check all that apply. N=44
N
Connecting library staff with library users 6 29 34 9 34 31 30 1 37
Connecting library users with library users — 12 17 3 12 14 17 2 26
Connecting library staff within your library/institution 8 12 20 7 11 16 20 2 27
Connecting staff at different library institutions 2 6 16 2 10 12 17 2 21
Connecting other groups 2 3 4 — 3 5 5 2 7
Please describe the “other groups.”
“Alumni.”
“Alumni, previous coworkers, others in the community.”
“May look at alumni.”
“Connecting IT staff with Libraries staff: University IT staff worked with Libraries faculty and staff to
collaboratively develop the Libraries’ Facebook application. Informal interaction between IT and Libraries staff
on Facebook has helped build rapport and enhance communication between these two groups.”
“Database and information providers, other libraries, professional associations, library-related issues, etc.”
“University Lecturers for English I classes.”
Please describe the other type(s) of experience(s) and the corresponding group.
“One of the particular uses of this page is to reach out to the English Lecturers, who are generally part-time,
To
develop
tools
To
enable
discovery
To
share
information
To
create
content
To
market
library
services
To
establish
rapport
To
facilitate
communication
Other
type
of
experience
and to broaden our professional social network. Some groups/committees on campus also use Facebook as a
way to communicate. MySpace is used by our media center to promote a radio show.”
“Used to share information about Rutgers Libraries on Facebook.”
“Outreach to students to share information and links to useful sources.”
“Librarians have individual profiles and use Facebook (and to a lesser extent MySpace) as a component part
of liaison and outreach activities. Our presence is primarily through the individual liaison librarians. We also
provide links for our Admissions office to include in their admitted students Facebook group.”
Please indicate the main goals for using this particular tool. Check all that apply. N=44
N
Connecting library staff with library users 6 29 34 9 34 31 30 1 37
Connecting library users with library users — 12 17 3 12 14 17 2 26
Connecting library staff within your library/institution 8 12 20 7 11 16 20 2 27
Connecting staff at different library institutions 2 6 16 2 10 12 17 2 21
Connecting other groups 2 3 4 — 3 5 5 2 7
Please describe the “other groups.”
“Alumni.”
“Alumni, previous coworkers, others in the community.”
“May look at alumni.”
“Connecting IT staff with Libraries staff: University IT staff worked with Libraries faculty and staff to
collaboratively develop the Libraries’ Facebook application. Informal interaction between IT and Libraries staff
on Facebook has helped build rapport and enhance communication between these two groups.”
“Database and information providers, other libraries, professional associations, library-related issues, etc.”
“University Lecturers for English I classes.”
Please describe the other type(s) of experience(s) and the corresponding group.
“One of the particular uses of this page is to reach out to the English Lecturers, who are generally part-time,
To
develop
tools
To
enable
discovery
To
share
information
To
create
content
To
market
library
services
To
establish
rapport
To
facilitate
communication
Other
type
of
experience
