(Sept 2011) Considerations for Preserving Blogademia: Scholar Bloggers’ Perceptions, Preferences, and Practices
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This document discusses a research study on scholar bloggers' perceptions, preferences, and practices regarding blog preservation. The study involved analyzing over 100 blogs by academics, as well as questionnaires and interviews with blogger respondents. Key findings include: - Most bloggers saw their blog as part of their scholarly record but not as highly important to preserve as traditional scholarly outputs. - Bloggers felt they had primary responsibility for blog preservation but limited capability. Libraries and archives were seen as having greater capability but less responsibility. - Common blog features that may impact preservation included dynamic or changing content, dependencies on co-authors, lack of versioning or rights/use information, and limited archiving activity by bloggers.
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(Sept 2011) Considerations for Preserving Blogademia: Scholar Bloggers’ Perceptions, Preferences, and Practices
- 1. CONSIDERATIONS FOR PRESERVING BLOGADEMIA SCHOLAR BLOGGERS’ PERCEPTIONS, PREFERENCES & PRACTICES CAROLYN.HANK@MCGILL.CA Assistant Professor ▪ School of Information Studies BLOGFOREVER PROJECT MEETING 2 ▪ 8 SEPT 2011 ▪ THESSALONIKI
- 2. BLOG Questionnaires Interviews BLOGGER Blog Analysis 03 | xx units & data sources research questions
- 3. Purposive Sampling Academic Blog Portal <http://www.academicblogs.org> population
- 4. History| Economics | Law | BioChemPhys 06 | xx population blogs
- 5. 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” 06 | xx blog eligibility population
- 6. 8a. [CO-BLOGS] POSTED W/IN 1 MONTH 8b. [CO-BLOGS] MEETS SCHOLAR CRITERIA 9. [ALL BLOG] BLOGGER CONTACT INFO blogger eligibility
- 7. part 1
- 8. RESEARCH QUESTIONS How do scholars who blog perceive their blog in relation to their cumulative scholarly record? SUPPLEMENTAL
- 9. RESEARCH QUESTIONS 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? SUPPLEMENTAL
- 10. RESEARCH QUESTIONS What blog characteristics impact preservation? What blogger behaviours impact preservation? SUPPLEMENTAL
- 11. History| Economics | Law | BioChemPhys (29%) 125 Single-Blogs | 63 Co-Blogs 06 | xx eligible blogs (N=644) population
- 12. 107 Single-Bloggers | 187 Co-Bloggers eligible bloggers
- 13. RR 1: QI: 63% | QII: 46% | QI/II: 52% Completed sample: 153 respondents Outcome rates derived from Internet surveys of specifically named persons from the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR, 2009) questionnaires (N=294)
- 14. 24 semi-structured phone interviews 72 (47%) of QI & QII respondents expressed interest interviews
- 15. Coded 93 blogs Authorship Attributes Blog Elements & Features 57 to 63 Indicators Rights & Disclaimers Authority & Audience (on/off blog) Blog Publishing Activity Post Features Archiving blog analysis (SR: 49.5%)
- 16. results
- 17. OCCUPATION % post-secondary institution BLOGGER (SUPPLEMENT)
- 18. OCCUPATION Distinguished/ Chaired Prof. Professor/ Full Prof. + % (n=58) BLOGGER (SUPPLEMENT)
- 19. AGE years mean real age (range 25 to 70 years old) BLOGGER (SUPPLEMENT)
- 20. AGE years mean professional age (range 0 to 39 years) BLOGGER (SUPPLEMENT)
- 21. GENDER % are male BLOGGER (SUPPLEMENT)
- 22. 100% have ESTABLISHED published at least 1 unit types. PUBLICATION 49% 7+ unit types . AND SERVICE HISTORY BLOGGER (SUPPLEMENT)
- 23. peer-reviewed article conference proceedings essay.article.op-ed (other) book chapter book review monograph (author) comment (journal) book review (other) monograph (editor) textbook BLOGGER (SUPPLEMENT)
- 24. SERVICE 91% have performed at least 1 of Journal editor/ 38% these service associate editor activities Manuscript/book 70% evaluator Journal article 79% referee 0% 100% BLOGGER (SUPPLEMENT)
- 25. BLOG INSTANCES % publish to 2 or more blogs BLOGGER
- 26. MICROBLOGGING % do not tweet BLOGGER
- 27. BLOG HISTORY % first blog published to BLOGGER
- 28. BLOG AGE years mean blog age (57% between 5 to 8 years old) BLOG
- 29. HOST LOCATION Paid host Blog network Commercial Server % free blog publishing and hosting service BLOG
- 30. APPLICATION % use Blogger or WordPress BLOG
- 31. IDENTITY 84 % 8% 13% Real name | Both | Pseudonym BLOG
- 32. BLOGGING % update their blog 1+ times per week BLOGGER
- 33. BLOGGING % published a new post within the previous week BLOG
- 34. CO-BLOGGERSHIP 32 334 mean count of primary authors BLOG
- 35. POSTING % make all of their posts publicly available BLOGGER
- 36. POSTING posts Average posts per month (2,726 posts published August 1-31, 2010; range 324) BLOG
- 37. POST ANALYSIS Text 99% Links 82% (avg. 5) 544 total words Photos 16% 79 quoted words 465 original words Other image elements 16% BLOG
- 38. PRIMARY AUDIENCE Everyone else 8% students, family, friends, others General public 32% Colleagues and 61% professional peers 0% 100% BLOGGER
- 39. ENGAGEMENT % employ a post commenting feature BLOGGER
- 40. ENGAGEMENT % respond to comments BLOGGER
- 41. ENGAGEMENT % post comments to other blogs 1+ times per week BLOGGER
- 42. COMMENTS % of most recent posts had zero comments BLOG
- 43. COMMENTS So looked at posts from 1 year earlier BLOG
- 44. COMMENTS 2009 45% 40% 35% 30% POSTS 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% 0 1 2-3 4-5 6-10 11-19 ≥ 20 COMMENTS BLOG
- 45. RIGHTS & USE Copyright Statement (n=34) Creative Commons (n=13) % feature 1 or more statements or licenses BLOG
- 46. DISCLAIMERS Own opinion Not responsible Advice % have an explicit or implicit disclaimer-style statement BLOG
- 47. COMMENT POLICY Moderation Tone & language Copyright & licenses % have an explicit or implicit comment policy or guidelines BLOG
- 48. EDITING Spelling/ Grammar Rephrasing Incorrect Info Published before % ready edit posts after publication BLOGGER
- 49. … only 2 blogs included a policy or statement BLOG
- 50. DELETING Duplicate Post “Post Regret” Too sensitive or revealing % delete posts after publication BLOGGER
- 51. SCHOLARSHIP Public 100% Allows use and Scholarly exchange 94% record 80% Subject to critical review 68% 66% agree with all three criteria Association of Research Libraries (1986). Braxton, J.M., Luckey, W., BLOGGER (SUPPLEMENT) & Helland, P. (2002).
- 52. INVITATIONS % … to present BLOGGER (SUPPLEMENT)
- 53. INVITATIONS % … to collaborate BLOGGER (SUPPLEMENT)
- 54. INVITATIONS % … to serve BLOGGER (SUPPLEMENT)
- 55. INVITATIONS % … to publish BLOGGER (SUPPLEMENT)
- 56. conference proceedings essay.article.op-ed (other) book review book chapter peer-reviewed article book review (other) monograph (author) comment (journal) monograph (editor) textbook BLOGGER (SUPPLEMENT)
- 57. SCHOLARY LIFE PROMOTION GREATER VISIBILITY WORK ENJOYMENT TEACHING QUALITY SHARING PRE-PUBS IMPROVED WRITING EFFICIENCY NEITHER WRITING QUALITY IMPAIRED RESEARCH QUALITY RESEARCH CREATIVITY RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% BLOGGER (SUPPLEMENT)
- 58. PRESERVATION % Agree preservation for public access & use into the indefinite future (strongly or somewhat) BLOGGER
- 59. PRESERVATION Personal access/use 16% Short-term future Personal access/use 19% Short-term future Personal access/use 76% Indefinite future Public access/use 80% Indefinite future 0% 100% BLOGGER
- 60. ACCESS Google 98% Technorati 77% Internet Archive 80% Library of Congress 50% BLOG
- 61. BLOGGING OVER TIME About the same 35% Somewhat less 25% A lot less 17% Somewhat more 14% A lot more 8% BLOGGER
- 62. if? What
- 64. SADNESS RELIEF DOUBT ANGER C’EST LA VIE
- 65. Pretty bad. Devastated, both emotionally and professionally. Very sad. SADNESS RELIEF DOUBT ANGER C’EST LA VIE
- 66. I’d do something drastic [in response]. Mad as hell. Pretty peeved. Angry & upset. SADNESS RELIEF DOUBT ANGER C’EST LA VIE
- 67. I don’t have to do it anymore. I get half an hour of my life back. SADNESS RELIEF DOUBT ANGER C’EST LA VIE
- 68. Probably have a drink & forget about it. Not welcomed but not tragic … I’d get over it. Pour another cup of coffee & get Drop out … back to work. until something else comes along. SADNESS RELIEF DOUBT ANGER C’EST LA VIE
- 69. It would take an extreme catastrophe. How would that happen? SADNESS RELIEF DOUBT ANGER C’EST LA VIE
- 70. PRESERVATION PRIORITY Works-in- progress Scientific & Book Scholarly Reviews Research Books Books Traditional Books Peer- Publications Books Reviewed Dissertations Law review Published Publications & Theses articles Papers Peer- Self- Class Published Reviewed Lab Publications Blogs Papers Publications Notebooks Select Journal Blog Posts Filter Pedagogical Monographs articles Research & Tools Books Blogs Informal Blogs Journal Teaching Journal Publications Filter articles materials Teaching articles Blogs Blogs Blogs Blogs Journal materials Blogs Blogs Blogs Email articles Journal Blogs articles Journal Journal Personnel Blogs Blogs articles articles Communications Blogs HIGHER LOWER
- 71. BLOG DELETION % have deleted a blog BLOGGER PERCEPTIONS
- 72. 100% 90% 80% 70% Blogger Co-Author(s) 60% Provider/Host/Network 50% Search Engine Public Trust 40% 30% 20% RESPONSIBILITY CAPABILITY BLOGGER PERCEPTIONS preservation
- 73. 100% 90% 80% Blogger Co-Author(s) 70% Provider/Host/Network 60% Search Engine 50% Public Trust 40% Nat'l Library 30% Nat'l Archive 20% Inst'l Library Inst'l Archive 10% Inst'l IT Dept 0% RESPONSIBILITY CAPABILITY BLOGGER PERCEPTIONS preservation
- 74. Better things to do Personal responsibility Personal communications Bad experience BLOGGER PERCEPTIONS
- 75. first line of defense
- 76. first line of defense
- 77. final line of defense
- 78. Dynamic, changing Co-producer dependencies Understandability Versioning Rights and Use Some Archiving Activity
- 79. part 2
- 80. 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
- 81. 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
- 82. THANK YOU CAROLYN HANK Email: carolyn.hank@mcgill.ca Phone: (001)514.398.4684 Web: http://ils.unc.edu/~hcarolyn Slideshow: QUESTIONS?