Presentation made on June 9, 2012 at the Archival Educators Research Institute (AERI) 2012 (UCLA, US). Research supported by a 2012 award from the OCLC/ALISE Library and Information Science Research Grant Program.

1. THE
BIBLIOBLOGS
OF TODAY …
TOMORROW?
CAROLYN.HANK@MCGILL.CA
Assistant Professor ▪ School of Information Studies
AERI 2012 ▪ 09 JULY 2012 ▪ UCLA

2. WHO
WHY
HOW

3. WHO ….
The Biblioblogosphere: A Comparison of
Communication and Preservation Perceptions and
Practices between Blogging LIS Scholar-
Practitioners and LIS Scholar-Researchers
BIBLIOBLOGGERS
2012 OCLC/ALISE LISRGP
With Cassidy Sugimoto, CO-PI (IUB)

4. WHY ….
2006 GENERAL BLOGGERS
- Choemprayong & Sheble (UNC)
- BlogForever (EU)
2009 SCHOLAR BLOGGERS
- History, Economics, Law, Biology, Chemistry & Physics
2012 BIBLIOBLOGGERS

5. RESEARCH
OBJECTIVES

6. Bibliobloggers’ perceptions
of their blogs in relation to
their cumulative scholarly
record.
OBJECTIVES

7. Their publication history,
before and after
establishment of their
respective blogs.
OBJECTIVES

8. 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

9. Their blog publishing
behaviors and biblioblog
characteristics impacting
preservation action.
OBJECTIVES

10. RESEARCH DESIGN
FOCUSBLOG
GROUPS
Questionnaires
Interviews
BLOGGER
Blog Analysis
AUG-SEPT-OCT 2012
TOOLS
153 SCHOLARS | COMPLETED (HANK 2011)

11. RESEARCH DESIGN
BIBLIO-
FOCUS
GROUPSBLOG
Questionnaires
Interviews
BIBLIO-
BLOGGER Blog Analysis
CV Analysis
AUG-SEPT-OCT 2012
TOOLS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY

12. ANY
BIBLIOBLOGGERS
IN THE ROOM?

13. HOW DO YOUR
PERCEPTIONS,
PREFERENCES &
PRACTICES
COMPARE?

14. 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).
HANK 2011 Braxton, J.M., Luckey, W.,
& Helland, P. (2002).

15. INVITATIONS
… impact & reward
%
… to present
HANK 2011

16. INVITATIONS
… impact & reward
%
… to collaborate
HANK 2011

17. INVITATIONS
… impact & reward
%
… to serve
HANK 2011

18. INVITATIONS
… impact & reward
%
… to publish
HANK 2011

19. RIGHTS & USE
Copyright
Statement
(n=34)
Creative
Commons
(n=13)
%
no rights or use statements
at blog or post level
HANK 2011

20. PRESERVATION
%
Agree preservation for public access & use
into the indefinite future (strongly or somewhat)
HANK 2011

21. SAVING
Subscription
services
Export tools
Personal
back-ups
Document/text files
Via syndication
services %
Purposefully save entire blog via an
archiving service or independently
HANK 2011

22. SAVING
Export tools
Personal
back-ups
Document/text files
Via syndication
services %
Purposefully save some
blog components
HANK 2011

23. if?
What

25. HANK 2011
SADNESS RELIEF DOUBT
ANGER C’EST LA VIE

26. HANK 2011
Pretty
bad.
Devastated,
both emotionally and
professionally.
Very
sad.
SADNESS RELIEF DOUBT
ANGER C’EST LA VIE

27. HANK 2011
I’d do something
drastic [in response].
Mad as hell.
Pretty
peeved. Angry
& upset.
SADNESS RELIEF DOUBT
ANGER C’EST LA VIE

28. HANK 2011
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

29. HANK 2011
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

30. HANK 2011
It would take an
extreme catastrophe.
How would
that happen?
SADNESS RELIEF DOUBT
ANGER C’EST LA VIE

31. BLOG DELETION
%
have deleted a blog
HANK 2011

32. 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
HANK 2011

33. SEE YOU
NEXT YEAR!

34. SOURCES
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).

35. 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

36. Carolyn Hank
PI (McGill)
Cassidy Sugimoto
Co-PI (IUB)
Jeff Pomerantz
Co-PI (UNC)

37. Carolyn Hank
PI (McGill)
Cassidy Sugimoto
Co-PI (IUB)
Jeff Pomerantz
Co-PI (UNC)

38. Carolyn Hank
PI (McGill)
Cassidy Sugimoto
Co-PI (IUB)
Fred
Jeff Pomerantz Stutzman,
Co-PI (UNC) Advisor
(CMU)

39. THANK YOU …
CAROLYN HANK
Email: carolyn.hank@mcgill.ca
Phone: (001)514.398.4684
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