CAROLYN.HANK@MCGILL.CA

Assistant Professor ▪ School of Information Studies

AERI 2012 ▪ 09 JULY 2012 ▪ UCLA

THE

BIBLIOBLOGS

OF TODAY …

TOMORROW?

WHO

WHY

HOW

BIBLIOBLOGGERS

WHO ….

2012 OCLC/ALISE LISRGP

The Biblioblogosphere: A Comparison of

Communication and Preservation Perceptions and

Practices between Blogging LIS Scholar-

Practitioners and LIS Scholar-Researchers

With Cassidy Sugimoto, CO-PI (IUB)

2006 GENERAL BLOGGERS - Choemprayong & Sheble (UNC)

- BlogForever (EU)

SCHOLAR BLOGGERS - History, Economics, Law, Biology, Chemistry & Physics

BIBLIOBLOGGERS

2009

2012

WHY ….

RESEARCH

OBJECTIVES

OBJECTIVES

Bibliobloggers’ perceptions

of their blogs in relation to

their cumulative scholarly

record.

Their publication history,

before and after

establishment of their

respective blogs.

OBJECTIVES

OBJECTIVES

Their perceptions and

preferences regarding the

long-term stewardship of

their blogs and,

subsequently, who, if

anyone, do they perceive

as responsible as well as

capable of preservation.

OBJECTIVES

Their blog publishing

behaviors and biblioblog

characteristics impacting

preservation action.

TOOLS

FOCUS

GROUPS

RESEARCH DESIGN

AUG-SEPT-OCT 2012

Questionnaires

Interviews

Blog Analysis BLOGGER

BLOG

153 SCHOLARS | COMPLETED (HANK 2011)

TOOLS

FOCUS

GROUPS

RESEARCH DESIGN

AUG-SEPT-OCT 2012

BIBLIO-

BLOG

CURRENTLY UNDERWAY

BIBLIO-

BLOGGER

Questionnaires

Interviews

Blog Analysis

CV Analysis

ANY

BIBLIOBLOGGERS

IN THE ROOM?

HOW DO YOUR

PERCEPTIONS,

PREFERENCES &

PRACTICES

COMPARE?

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

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%

… to present

INVITATIONS

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… impact & reward

%

… to collaborate

INVITATIONS

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… impact & reward

%

… to serve

INVITATIONS

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… impact & reward

%

INVITATIONS

… to publish

… impact & reward

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RIGHTS & USE

Creative

Commons (n=13)

Copyright

Statement (n=34)

%

no rights or use statements

at blog or post level

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%

Agree preservation for public access & use

into the indefinite future (strongly or somewhat)

PRESERVATION

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%

Purposefully save entire blog via an

archiving service or independently

SAVING

Subscription

services

Export tools

Personal

back-ups

Document/text files

Via syndication

services

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%

SAVING

Purposefully save some

blog components

Export tools

Personal

back-ups

Document/text files

Via syndication

services

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if? What

SADNESS

C’EST LA VIE

RELIEF DOUBT

ANGER

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Devastated,

both emotionally and professionally.

Pretty

bad.

Very

sad.

SADNESS

C’EST LA VIE

RELIEF DOUBT

ANGER

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SADNESS

C’EST LA VIE

RELIEF DOUBT

ANGER

Mad as hell.

I’d do something

drastic [in response].

Pretty peeved. Angry

& upset.

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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.

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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.

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SADNESS

C’EST LA VIE

RELIEF DOUBT

ANGER

It would take an

extreme catastrophe.

How would

that happen?

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BLOG DELETION

%

have deleted a blog

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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

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SEE YOU

NEXT YEAR!

Association of Research Libraries. (1986). The changing system of

scholarly communication. Washington, DC: Author.

Braxton, J.M., Luckey, W., & Helland, P. (2002). Institutionalizing a

broader view of scholarship through Boyer’s four domains: ASHE-

ERIC higher education report. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Hank, C. (2011). Scholars and their blogs: Characteristics,

preferences, and perceptions impacting digital preservation

(Doctoral dissertation). Available from ProQuest Dissertations &

Theses database (UMI No. 3456270).

SOURCES

OH, AND ...

2012 ALISE RESEARCH GRANT

TEACHING IN THE AGE OF

FACEBOOK & OTHER

SOCIAL MEDIA:

LIS FACULTY AND STUDENTS’ FRIENDING

AND POKING IN THE SOCIAL SPHERE

Carolyn Hank

PI (McGill)

Cassidy Sugimoto

Co-PI (IUB)

Jeff Pomerantz

Co-PI (UNC)

Carolyn Hank

PI (McGill)

Cassidy Sugimoto

Co-PI (IUB)

Jeff Pomerantz

Co-PI (UNC)

Carolyn Hank

PI (McGill)

Cassidy Sugimoto

Co-PI (IUB)

Jeff Pomerantz

Co-PI (UNC)

Fred

Stutzman,

Advisor

(CMU)

THANK YOU …

CAROLYN HANK Email: carolyn.hank@mcgill.ca

Phone: (001)514.398.4684

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