86 · Survey Results: Survey Questions and Responses
25. Please estimate the number library staff members (FTE) who are engaged in the following types
of social software initiatives. N=46
FTE N Minimum Maximum Mean Median Std Dev
Social networking sites 36 .10 100 20.40 10.00 28.37
Media sharing sites 27 .20 50 9.04 5.00 10.80
Social bookmarking or social tagging sites 30 .25 50 12.66 7.00 14.84
Wikis 40 .10 200 34.41 22.50 40.34
Blogs 42 .10 200 20.50 10.50 32.34
RSS (Really Simple Syndication) 41 .10 140 14.69 5.00 26.01
Chat or instant messenger services 42 .50 60 20.51 18.00 15.25
VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) 14 1.00 280 33.71 9.00 75.18
Virtual worlds 16 1.00 20 4.81 5.00 5.24
Widgets 29 .20 40 9.74 6.00 10.53
Other 9 .25 10 4.03 3.00 3.71
0.50 0.25 3.00 0.10 2.00 0.20
25.00 50.00 10.00 6.00 6.00
30.00 10.00 25.00 50.00 10.00 25.00 25.00 5.00
40.00 2.00 35.00 5.00 1.00 25.00 3.00 5.00 2.00
10.00 4.00 40.00 140.00 36.00 7.00 3.00 8.00
2.00 2.00 9.00
8.00 50.00 5.00 5.00
7.00 40.00 8.00 8.00 20.00 6.00
30.00 5.00 8.00 5.00 3.00 30.00 2.00
0.25 0.50 0.25 2.00 1.00 0.25 1.00 1.00 1.00
30.00 10.00 30.00 50.00 30.00 10.00 30.00 10.00 10.00 10.00
11.00 11.00 11.00 11.00 11.00 11.00 20.00 11.00 11.00 11.00
Social
networking
sites
Media
sharing
sites
Social
bookmarking
or
social
tagging
sites
Wikis Blogs
RSS
(Really
Simple
Syndication)
Chat
or
instant
messenger
services
VOIP
(Voice
Over
Internet
Protocol)
Virtual
worlds
Widgets
Other
social
software/service