(nov 2011) blogademia today, tomorrow? scholar bloggers' preservation perceptions, preferences...

BLOGADEMIA TODAY,

TOMORROW?

CAROLYN.HANK@MCGILL.CA

Assistant Professor ▪ School of Information Studies

SCHOLAR BLOGGERS’ PRESERVATION PERCEPTIONS, PREFERENCES & PRACTICES

DIGITAL CURATION INSTITUTE SYMPOSIUM ▪ 22 NOV 2011 ▪ iSCHOOL ▪ TORONTO

Questionnaires

Interviews

Blog Analysis BLOGGER

BLOG

03 | xx research questions units & data sources

Academic Blog

Portal

Purposive Sampling

<http://www.academicblogs.org>

source

Academic Blog

Portal

Purposive Sampling

<http://www.academicblogs.org>

source?

History| Economics | Law | BioChemPhys

06 | xx population blogs

06 | xx population blog eligibility

1. PUBLICLY AVAILABLE

2. PUBLISHED IN ENGLISH

3. KNOWLEDGE OR PERSONAL BLOG

4. TIME-STAMPED POSTS

5. ACTIVELY PUBLISHED TO

6. AT LEAST 1 YEAR OLD

7. PERSONAL IDENTIFIERS (RE: AUTHORSHIP)

8. AUTHORED BY 1 OR MORE “SCHOLARS”

8a. [CO-BLOGS] POSTED W/IN 1 MONTH

8b. [CO-BLOGS] MEETS SCHOLAR CRITERIA

9. [ALL BLOG] BLOGGER CONTACT INFO

blogger eligibility

part 1

How do scholars who

blog perceive their blog

in relation to their

cumulative scholarly

record?

RESEARCH QUESTIONS

scholarship?

How do scholars who

blog perceive their blog

in relation to long-term

stewardship?

Who do they perceive

as responsible as well

as capable for blog preservation?

RESEARCH QUESTIONS

stewardship?

What blog characteristics impact preservation?

What blogger behaviours impact preservation?

RESEARCH QUESTIONS

preservable?

(29%)

125 Single-Blogs | 63 Co-Blogs

History| Economics | Law | BioChemPhys

06 | xx population eligible blogs (N=644)

107 Single-Bloggers | 187 Co-Bloggers

eligible bloggers

Completed sample:

153 respondents

RR 1: QI: 63% | QII: 46% | QI/II: 52%

Outcome rates derived from Internet surveys of specifically named persons

from the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR, 2009)

questionnaires (N=294)

24 semi-structured

phone interviews

72 (47%) of QI & QII respondents expressed interest

interviews

Coded 93 blogs

57 to 63 Indicators

(on/off blog)

Authorship Attributes

Blog Elements & Features

Rights & Disclaimers

Authority & Audience

Blog Publishing Activity

Post Features

Archiving

blog analysis (SR: 49.5%)

results

ESTABLISHED PUBLICATION AND SERVICE HISTORY

BLOGGER

100% have

published

at least 1

unit types.

49% 7+

unit types.

monograph (author) book chapter

peer-reviewed article

comment (journal) book review

conference proceedings essay.article.op-ed (other)

textbook monograph (editor) book review (other)

BLOGGER

SERVICE

0% 100%

Manuscript/book

evaluator

Journal article

referee

Journal editor/

associate editor 38%

70%

79%

91% have

performed

at least 1 of

these service

activities

BLOGGER

%

BLOG INSTANCES

publish to 2 or more blogs

BLOGGER

%

first blog published to

BLOG HISTORY

BLOGGER

(57% between 5 to 8 years old)

mean blog age

years

BLOG AGE

BLOG

BLOGGING OVER TIME

About the same 35%

Somewhat more 14%

Somewhat less 25%

A lot less 17%

A lot more 8%

BLOGGER

%

do not tweet

MICROBLOGGING

BLOGGER

%

HOST LOCATION

free blog publishing

and hosting service

Paid host

Blog network

Commercial Server

BLOG

%

APPLICATION

use Blogger or WordPress

BLOG

IDENTITY

Real name | Both | Pseudonym

84 13 8 % % %

BLOG

%

make all of their posts

publicly available

POSTING

BLOGGER

%

POSTING

update their blog 1+

times per week

BLOGGER

%

POSTING

published a new post

within the previous week

BLOG

Average posts per month

(2,726 posts published August 1-31, 2010; outlier 324)

posts

POSTING

BLOG

POST ANALYSIS

Text 99%

544 total words

79 quoted words

465 original words

Photos 16%

Other image elements 16%

Links 82% (avg. 5)

BLOG

PRIMARY AUDIENCE

0% 100%

General public

Colleagues and

professional peers

Everyone else students, family, friends, others

8%

32%

61%

BLOGGER

%

ENGAGEMENT

employ a post

commenting feature

BLOGGER

%

respond to comments

ENGAGEMENT

BLOGGER

%

COMMENTS

of most recent posts

had zero comments

BLOG

So looked at posts

from 1 year earlier

BLOG

COMMENTS

COMMENTS 2009

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

45%

0 1 2-3 4-5 6-10 11-19 ≥ 20

COMMENTS

PO

STS

BLOG

RIGHTS & USE

Creative

Commons (n=13)

Copyright

Statement (n=34)

%

no rights or use statements

at blog or post level

BLOG

%

DISCLAIMERS

have an explicit or implicit

disclaimer-style statement

Own

opinion

Not

responsible

Advice

BLOG

%

COMMENT POLICY

have an explicit or implicit

comment policy or guidelines

Moderation

Tone &

language

Copyright &

licenses

BLOG

%

EDITING

edit posts after publication

BLOGGER

Spelling/

Grammar

Rephrasing

Incorrect Info

Published before

ready

… only 2 blogs included

a policy or statement

BLOG

%

DELETING

delete posts after publication

BLOGGER

Duplicate

Post

“Post Regret”

Too sensitive or

revealing

Public 100%

Subject to

critical

review 68%

Allows use and

exchange 94%

Scholarly

record

80%

66% agree with

all three criteria

Association of Research

Libraries (1986).

Braxton, J.M., Luckey, W.,

& Helland, P. (2002).

SCHOLARSHIP

BLOGGER

%

… to present

INVITATIONS

BLOGGER

%

… to collaborate

INVITATIONS

BLOGGER

%

… to serve

INVITATIONS

BLOGGER

%

INVITATIONS

… to publish

BLOGGER

SCHOLARY LIFE

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY

RESEARCH CREATIVITY

RESEARCH QUALITY

WRITING QUALITY

WRITING EFFICIENCY

SHARING PRE-PUBS

TEACHING QUALITY

WORK ENJOYMENT

GREATER VISIBILITY

PROMOTION

IMPROVED

NEITHER

IMPAIRED

BLOGGER

%

Agree preservation for public access & use

into the indefinite future (strongly or somewhat)

BLOGGER

PRESERVATION

BLOGGER

PRESERVATION

0% 100%

Personal access/use

Indefinite future

Public access/use

Indefinite future

Personal access/use

Short-term future

Public access/use

Short-term future

16%

19%

76%

80%

%

Purposefully save entire blog via an

archiving service or independently)

BLOGGER

SAVING

%

SAVING

Purposefully save some

blog components

BLOGGER

Export tools

Personal

back-ups

Document/text files

Via syndication

services

ACCESS

Google Technorati Internet Archive

Library of Congress

BLOG

80%

50%

98%

77%

if? What

SADNESS

C’EST LA VIE

RELIEF DOUBT

ANGER

Devastated,

both emotionally and

professionally.

Pretty

bad.

Very

sad.

SADNESS

C’EST LA VIE

RELIEF DOUBT

ANGER

SADNESS

C’EST LA VIE

RELIEF DOUBT

ANGER

Mad as hell.

I’d do something

drastic [in response].

Pretty

peeved. Angry

& upset.

SADNESS

C’EST LA VIE

RELIEF DOUBT

ANGER

I don’t have to

do it anymore. I get half an hour of my

life back.

SADNESS

C’EST LA VIE

RELIEF DOUBT

ANGER

Not welcomed

but not tragic …

I’d get over it.

Probably

have a drink & forget about it.

Pour another cup

of coffee & get back to work. Drop out …

until something else

comes along.

SADNESS

C’EST LA VIE

RELIEF DOUBT

ANGER

It would take an

extreme catastrophe.

How would

that happen?

Blogs Teaching

materials

Books

Journal

articles

Blogs

Personnel

Communications

Books

Journal

articles

Filter

Blogs

Class

Blogs

Traditional

Publications

Blogs

Law review

articles

Blogs

Books

Journal

articles

Blogs

Email

Self-

Publications

Peer-

Reviewed

Publications

Journal

articles

Filter

Blogs

Works-in-

progress

Blogs

Published

Papers

Blogs

Peer-

Reviewed

Publications

Informal

Publications

Blogs

Lab

Notebooks

Published

Papers

Dissertations

& Theses

Monographs

Select

Blog Posts

Books

Blogs

Books

Journal

articles

Journal

articles

Book

Reviews

Blogs

Journal

articles

Teaching

materials

Scientific &

Scholarly

Research

Pedagogical

Research & Tools

Blogs

LOWER HIGHER

PRESERVATION PRIORITY

BLOG DELETION

%

have deleted a blog

BLOGGER PERCEPTIONS

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

RESPONSIBILITY CAPABILITY

Blogger

Co-Author(s)

Provider/Host/Network

Search Engine

Public Trust

preservation BLOGGER PERCEPTIONS

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

RESPONSIBILITY CAPABILITY

Blogger

Co-Author(s)

Provider/Host/Network

Search Engine

Public Trust

Nat'l Library

Nat'l Archive

Inst'l Library

Inst'l Archive

Inst'l IT Dept

preservation BLOGGER PERCEPTIONS

Better things to do

Personal responsibility

Personal communications

Bad experience

BLOGGER PERCEPTIONS

first line of

defense

first line of

defense

final line of

defense

Dynamic, changing

Co-producer dependencies

Understandability

Versioning

Rights and Use

Some Archiving Activity

part 2 … or, what’s next

1. PUBLICLY AVAILABLE

2. PUBLISHED IN ENGLISH

3. KNOWLEDGE OR PERSONAL BLOG

4. TIME-STAMPED POSTS

5. ACTIVELY PUBLISHED TO

6. AT LEAST 1 YEAR OLD

7. PERSONAL IDENTIFIERS (RE: AUTHORSHIP)

8. AUTHORED BY 1 OR MORE “SCHOLARS”

BLOG

SAME TIME,

NEXT YEAR?

BLOG

1. PUBLICLY AVAILABLE

2. PUBLISHED IN ENGLISH

3. KNOWLEDGE OR PERSONAL BLOG

4. TIME-STAMPED POSTS

5. ACTIVELY PUBLISHED TO

6. AT LEAST 1 YEAR OLD

7. PERSONAL IDENTIFIERS (RE: AUTHORSHIP)

8. AUTHORED BY 1 OR MORE “SCHOLARS”

BLOG

THE BLOG

BREAK-UP POST

BLOG

DEAR JOHN …

THE BIBLIOBLOGOSPHERE A Comparison of Communication

and Preservation Perceptions and

Practices between Blogging

LIS Scholar-Practitioners and

LIS Scholar-Researchers

AS OF FRIDAY …

Awarded 2012 OCLC/ALISE LIS Research Grant

(Co-PI: Dr. Cassidy Sugimoto, Indiana-Bloomington)

SIGNIFICANT PROPERTIES OF BLOGS

TWITTER & BLOGS & GARVEY &

GRIFFITH

PERSONAL BLOG ARCHIVING

INVENTORY

BLOGFOREVER (http://blogforever.eu/)

OTHER WORK …

THANK YOU CAROLYN HANK

Email: carolyn.hank@mcgill.ca

Phone: (001)514.398.4684

Web: http://ils.unc.edu/~hcarolyn

Slideshow:

QUESTIONS?