Facebook App Survey Launch

As I speak (er, write) the Facebook application survey is being emailed to nearly 600 students.  It's always scary sending out mass emails (I use WorldMerge to send personalized, bulk messages).  There's that moment of panic when you wonder if the survey link is broken, or there's a fatal typo in the email...  Always, the worries.

Emily Rimland, Chris Stubbs and I have been working on this project since last fall.  The survey is directed primarily towards the students who installed the Libraries Facebook application during the Fall 2007 Open House.  Fast forward 6 1/2 months, and we have a survey designed to find out how students are using the app (and if, indeed, they are using it at all); what students expect from educational applications on Facebook (or the social web in general) and ideas for future iterations of the app.  In short, we want to maximize the utility of this app for students needs.

There are few publications or presentations out there studying Social web applications and libraries (ok, there are none--yet!), and the three of us are very excited to share our findings.

Updated to add:  The survey has been out for about 7 hours, and we have 50 respondents so far!