(via M. Teresa Doherty, Virginia Commonwealth University)
We are pleased to invite library colleagues to complete our survey exploring current practices for social media management for academic libraries. We encourage participation by librarians or other faculty or professionals who are involved in public relations, communications, management, collections, technology, outreach or other work involving social media at an academic library. The purpose of this survey is to create a snapshot of current academic library use of social media, building on previous work done at VCU Libraries (see article and summary data). The results of this survey will be published in Scholars Compass, Virginia Commonwealth University’s institutional repository, and may be used in publications or presentations.
Depending on the length of responses to the open-ended questions, we expect the survey to take 20-25 minutes to complete. The survey is open until Sunday, August 31, 2025 and can be accessed here.
This request is being circulated on various library listservs. If your duties do not include social media management, please forward this request to the correct person(s) or department in your academic library.
This human subjects research study has been reviewed by the Virginia Commonwealth University Institutional Review Board (HM20031610). There are no risks associated with this survey, and it does not require any identifying data. Participation is completely voluntary, and the results of this survey will remain anonymous. If you have questions, please contact the Office of Research at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA (804) 827-2157.
Questions about the survey? Contact Teresa Doherty at mtdohert@vcu.edu.
Our team at Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries includes:
M. Teresa Doherty, Student Success Librarian
Sue Moss, Library Engagement Coordinator
Bettina Peacemaker, Head, Academic Outreach
Sue Robinson, Director, Communications and Public Relations