BLOGADEMIA TODAY,
TOMORROW?
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
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
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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: [email protected]
Phone: (001)514.398.4684
Web: http://ils.unc.edu/~hcarolyn
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QUESTIONS?
