(via Lee Adams—California State University, East Bay)
We are conducting a follow-up online survey to learn what social media platforms librarians are using for professional development or professional networking in library work. We conducted a similar survey one year ago, and we are interested to learn how librarians’ social media use for professional development and/or networking has evolved since then.
Please share your past and present experiences with social media platforms for professional development or networking, even if you no longer are active on social media. Thank you if you responded last year! We presented the initial results in a poster at the ACRL conference in April 2025. We’d love to hear from everyone, whether or not you responded last year (prior and current responses are anonymous and cannot be linked to any previous responses).
The survey (click the link for access) will close on Friday, March 20. We would like a broad response of library folks to this survey, so please share the survey with your library professional networks.
The survey should take approximately 10 minutes to complete. We plan to share the results in a presentation and/or future publication to let people know where to connect with other librarians when there are so many diffuse options.
Thank you sincerely for your time and consideration,
Margot Hanson, Science Instruction Librarian, UC Berkeley
Lee Adams, E-Resources Librarian, Cal State East Bay
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To participate, individuals must be over the age of 18 and work in a library. Participation in this survey is voluntary. This study has been approved by UC Berkeley’s Office for the Protection of Human Subjects. Any questions or concerns should be directed to the research team, Margot Hanson (mdhanson@berkeley.edu) and Lee Adams (lee.adams@csueastbay.edu).