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Assistant Professor ▪ School of Information Studies
GSLIS ▪ SIMMONS COLLEGE ▪ 03 DECEMBER 2012 ▪ BOSTON
THE BLOGS OF TODAY, TOMORROW PERCEPTIONS ON PRESERVATION
?
part one
a little about me
OCLC 2004-2005
OCLC RESEARCH
- SENSE-MAKING THE INFORMATION CONFLUENCE
- MOVING FROM PRINT TO HYBRID JOURNAL
SUBSCRIPTIONS
MCGILL 2010-present
SCHOOL OF INFORMATION STUDIES - ARCHIVAL STUDIES STREAM
- TEACHING, ADVISING & SUPERVISING
- RESEARCH ETHICS BOARD
UNC - CAROLINA DIGITAL REPOSITORY
- DIGCCURR I (DIGITAL CURATION CURRICULUM)
- DIGCCURR II (PROFESSIONAL TRAINING)
2005-present
AT CHAPEL HILL
- DIGITAL CURATION/INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORY COMM.
- DIGITAL PRESERVATION, ACCESS & CURATION
- HUMAN INFORMATION INTERACTION
- GRANTS: BLOGS & FACEBOOK
- CONSULTANT, BLOGFOREVER.EU
part two
FOUR BLOG STUDIES FROM 2006 THROUGH TODAY
GENERAL BLOGGERS 2006-2008
SNOWBALL SAMPLING
QUESTIONNAIRES
n=223
Sheble, L., Choemprayong, S., & Hank. C. (2007). Preservation in context: Survey of blogging behaviors. In Proceedings of the Third International Digital Curation Conference. Edinburgh: Digital Curation Centre.
1
first line of
defense Garrett & Waters, 1996
GENERAL BLOGGERS 2006-2008 1
133 million blogs indexed by Technorati
between 2002 and 2008.
White & Winn, 2009
GENERAL BLOGGERS 2006-2008 1
People rely heavily on service
providers, often taking no
additional actions toward the
persistence of their user-
generated content.
Marshall, Bly & Brun-Cottan, 2006
GENERAL BLOGGERS 2006-2008 1
Blog to blogger not 1:1
Content dynamic
Interest in preservation
Save some but not all
Personal responsibility
Research design
Co-produsage
Others responsible?
Capability, though?
Access, use & extent?
Findings Future
conclusions
GENERAL BLOGGERS 2006-2008 1
Academic Blog Portal http://www.academicblogs.org
SCHOLARS’ BLOGS? what about …
“There is a
growing fuss …
can be a
significant form of communication.”
Lynch, cont. LEGITIMAZATION
DISSEMINATION
- ACCESS
- PRESERVATION
- CURATION
ROOSENDAAL
ET AL.
(2001)
BORGMAN
(2007)
REGISTRATION
CERTIFICATION
AWARENESS
ARCHIVING
VAN DE SOMPEL ET AL. (2004)
REWARD?
INSTITUTIONALIZED & ELEMENTARY HAGSTROM (1965)
EXTRINSIC / INTRINSIC MURRAY & MOORE (2006)
FUNCTIONS
How do scholars who
blog perceive their blog
in relation to their
cumulative scholarly
record?
research questions
SCHOLAR BLOGGERS (ACTIVE) 2009-2011
2
How do they perceive
their blog in relation to
long-term stewardship?
Who do they perceive
as responsible as well
as capable for blog preservation?
research questions
SCHOLAR BLOGGERS (ACTIVE) 2009-2011
2
What blog characteristics impact preservation?
What blogger behaviours impact preservation?
research questions
SCHOLAR BLOGGERS (ACTIVE) 2009-2011
2
?
Multiple instances
Multiple authors
Scholar blogger(?)
Scholarly blog(?)
Currency
Timing
design considerations
SCHOLAR BLOGGERS (ACTIVE) 2009-2011
2
SCHOLAR BLOGGERS (ACTIVE) 2009-2011
Hank. C. (2011). Scholars and their blogs: Characteristics, preferences, and perceptions impacting digital preservation (Doctoral dissertation). ProQuest Dissertations & Theses database (UMI No. 3456270).
HISTORY, ECONOMICS, LAW, BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY & PHYSICS
QUESTIONNAIRES
INTERVIEWS
BLOG ANALYSIS BLOGGER
BLOG
n=153
n=93
2
NEEDLE IN A
HAYSTACK
sampling issues
population
SCHOLAR BLOGGERS (ACTIVE) 2009-2011
2
sampling issues
population
CHAMELEON IN
A HAYSTACK
SCHOLAR BLOGGERS (ACTIVE) 2009-2011
2
sample source
Purposive Sampling
644blogs
History | Economics | Law | BioChemPhys
Academic Blog Portal <http://www.academicblogs.org>
SCHOLAR BLOGGERS (ACTIVE) 2009-2011
2
SAMPLE
CODING
SYSTEM
Frame 1: Blogs
Frame 2: Bloggers (Nine Criteria in Total)
sampling
HOMOGENEITY
SCHOLAR BLOGGERS (ACTIVE) 2009-2011
2
PUBLICLY AVAILABLE = 570 (86%)
PUBLISHED IN ENGLISH = 544 (84%)
KNOWLEDGE OR PERSONAL BLOG = 498 (77%)
TIME-STAMPED POSTS = 496 (77%)
ACTIVELY PUBLISHED TO = 271 (42%)
AT LEAST 1 YEAR OLD = 231(36%)
IDENTIFIERS (RE: AUTHORSHIP) = 208 (32%)
CONTINUED BLOG ELIGIBILITY (644)
AUTHORED BY 1 OR MORE SCHOLARS …
CONTINUED
a) 1+ descriptor: Ph.D., Dr., Professor, Reader,
Lecturer, Doctoral Student or Candidate
c) Link to blogger’s CV or the like with 1+
citation to a journal article
b) 1+ descriptor (Scholar, Academic, Researcher,
Research Director, Fellow, Biologist) and
institutional affiliation
d) Graduate student and explicit reference to
area of study or pursuant degree
SCHOLAR CRITERIA
sampling frame one
(29%)
125 Single-Blogs | 63 Co-Blogs
ELIGIBLE BLOGS
… ULTIMATELY
CO-BLOGS : POSTED W/IN 1 MONTH
CO-BLOGS: MEETS SCHOLAR CRITERIA
ALL BLOGS: BLOGGER CONTACT INFO
BLOGGER ELIGIBILITY
sampling frame two
107 Single Bloggers | 187 Co-Bloggers
ELIGIBLE BLOGGERS
… ULTIMATELY
QUESTIONNAIRES Q1 (single-bloggers): 41 to 58 questions
Q2 (co-bloggers): 41 to 62 questions
Qualtrics
questionnaire design
SCHOLAR BLOGGERS (ACTIVE) 2009-2011
2
questionnaire administration
Personalized Email Salutation | Blog Title | Blog URL | PIN
Invite and 2 reminders
No inducements
Timing of invitation email
All eligible bloggers invited (N=294)
Available for 3 weeks
SCHOLAR BLOGGERS (ACTIVE) 2009-2011
2
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)
completed sample
SCHOLAR BLOGGERS (ACTIVE) 2009-2011
2
24 semi-structured
phone interviews
72 (47%) of QI & QII respondents expressed interest
interviews
SCHOLAR BLOGGERS (ACTIVE) 2009-2011
2
interviews
Concurrent to other data collection
Protocol | Debriefing sheet| Pre-testing
24 phone interviews
15 to 25+ minutes
11 to 14 questions
Semi-structured
SCHOLAR BLOGGERS (ACTIVE) 2009-2011
2
Coded 93 blogs: 61 single/32 co-blogs
57 to 63 Indicators
Authorship Attributes
Blog Elements & Features
Rights & Disclaimers
Authority & Audience
Blog Publishing Activity
Post Features
Archiving
SR: 49.5%
blog analysis
ON/OFF BLOG
SCHOLAR BLOGGERS (ACTIVE) 2009-2011
2
PUBLICLY AVAILABLE = 570 (86%)
PUBLISHED IN ENGLISH = 544 (84%)
KNOWLEDGE OR PERSONAL BLOG = 498 (77%)
TIME-STAMPED POSTS = 496 (77%)
*** ACTIVELY PUBLISHED TO = 271 (42%) ***
AT LEAST 1 YEAR OLD = 231(36%)
IDENTIFIERS (RE: AUTHORSHIP) = 208 (32%)
CONTINUED REMEMBER …
WHAT ABOUT THOSE BLOGS THAT ARE
INACTIVE BUT STILL PUBLICLY
AVAILABLE …
As reported by Viegas (2005),
bloggers assume persistency of their
blogs unless deliberate action is
taken (by the blogger) to remove it.
left no message behind
on where they went or
if they will be back etc.
%
Available but
not actively
published to
in previous
3 months (n=156)
blog analysis
SCHOLAR BLOGGERS (ACTIVE) 2009-2011
2
SCHOLAR BLOGGERS (INACTIVE) 2011-PRESENT
Hank. C., & Lent, A.R. (2012). Dispatches from blog purgatory: Final messages from scholars’ inactive blogs. #Influence12: Symposium & workshop on measuring influence on social media. Halifax, Nova Scotia
HUMANITIES, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SCIENCES, PROF. & USEFUL ARTS
BLOG X N=1779
BLOG ANALYSIS n=909
no new posts > 3 months
3
“SENTIMENT ANALYSIS” BY HAND
“a note tacked to the door?”
ACTIVE BLOGS
currently published
556 (61%)
INACTIVE BLOGS
no new posts
353 (39%)
NONE
230 (65%)
LAST POST ONLY
77 (22%)
PRELIMINARY!
SCHOLAR BLOGGERS (INACTIVE) 2011-PRESENT
3
2ND OR 3RD
46 (13%)
SCHOLAR BLOGGERS (INACTIVE) 2011-PRESENT
3
THE END IS HERE …
“This blog has completed its mission.”
“I will leave the blog up for whatever value
it has. And I thank those of you who have
commented and sent encouraging
support. Now, it is my aim to have more time to paint and write.”
SCHOLAR BLOGGERS (INACTIVE) 2011-PRESENT
3
I’M STILL HERE …
“... at any rate, I'm not ready to throw in
the towel, despite a year of not blogging
here. I've gotten too much out of it - great
friends, even my current job - to quit just
yet. The question is: How do I get the motivation back?”
SCHOLAR BLOGGERS (INACTIVE) 2011-PRESENT
3
I’LL BE BACK …
[AUG 2012] “I’m shocked by how long it’s
been since I’ve posted on here. I’ve put
up a few posts over at ... since I stopped
posting here, but not many. I’m posting
this to say that I’ll soon be back!”
(2nd to most recent post: June 15, 2010)
“This site is under construction and will be
until I stop being lazy.”
SCHOLAR BLOGGERS (INACTIVE) 2011-PRESENT
3
SEE YOU LATER … just not here
“I’ve begun to feel like this blog is less and
less suited to my day-to-day activities.
Rather than try to force it to fit, I’ve
decided to build something new.”
SCHOLAR BLOGGERS (INACTIVE) 2011-PRESENT
3
APPRECIATION … or not
“And, of course, my schedule will be a bit
more flexible once I am free of this aged
blog, this paltry thing.”
[COMMENT]: “Where are you man, why
you are not writing anymore”
SCHOLAR BLOGGERS (INACTIVE) 2011-PRESENT
3
RMA … remember me always “There may still be some activity on this site as I
back-fill some old and (for inactive blogs)
posts from other blogging platforms. My goal is
to eventually have this as a (more or less)
complete archive of my personal blogging
from early 1998 to this year.”
“I want to keep the site up. I would be sad if
the archives disappeared. Lots of good stuff.
But keeping the place up? … well, we’ll see.”
BIBLIOBLOGGERS 2012-PRESENT
ACADEMIC LIBRARIANS & INFORMATION AND LIBRARY SCIENCE FACULTY/RESEARCHERS
BIBLIOBLOGGERS? not bible …
OCLC/ALISE Library & Information Science Research Grant Program
QUESTIONNAIRES
INTERVIEWS
BLOG ANALYSIS
CV ANALYSIS BLOGGER
BLOG BLOG X
4
RESULTS
BIBLIOBLOGGERS 2012-PRESENT
4
SCHOLAR BLOGGERS (ACTIVE) 2009-2011
2
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
SCHOLAR BLOGGERS 2
SCHOLARLY 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
SCHOLAR BLOGGERS 2
%
… to present
INVITATIONS … impact & reward
SCHOLAR BLOGGERS 2
%
… to collaborate
INVITATIONS … impact & reward
SCHOLAR BLOGGERS 2
%
… to serve
INVITATIONS … impact & reward
SCHOLAR BLOGGERS 2
%
INVITATIONS
… to publish
… impact & reward
SCHOLAR BLOGGERS 2
%
preservation for public access
& use into the indefinite future
PRESERVATION
SCHOLAR BLOGGERS 2
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%
SCHOLAR BLOGGERS 2
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
RESPONSIBILITY CAPABILITY
Blogger
Co-Author(s)
Provider/Host/Network
Search Engine
Public Trust
preservation SCHOLAR BLOGGERS 2
first line of
defense
SCHOLAR BLOGGERS 2
final line of
defense
SCHOLAR BLOGGERS 2
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 SCHOLAR BLOGGERS 2
Better things to do
SCHOLAR BLOGGERS
2
Books
Personnel
Communications
Journal articles
Filter
Blogs
Class
Blogs Traditional Publications
Law review articles
Self-Publications
Works-in-progress
Blogs Peer-Reviewed Pubs
Informal Publications
Lab Notebooks
Published Papers
Dissertations
& Theses
Monographs
Select
Blog Posts
Book Reviews
Teaching materials
Scientific & Scholarly Research
Pedagogical Research & Tools
LOWER HIGHER
PRESERVATION PRIORITY
Blogs
Journal articles
Books
SCHOLAR BLOGGERS 2
Better things to do
Personal responsibility
SCHOLAR BLOGGERS
2
%
Purposefully save entire blog via an
archiving service or independently
SAVING
Subscription
services
Export tools
Personal
back-ups
Document/text files
Via syndication
services
SCHOLAR BLOGGERS 2
examples:
BACKUPIFY
BLOGBACKUPR
BACKUPMYBLOG
INTERNET ARCHIVE
LOC’s LEGAL BLAWGS ARCHIVE
Subscription to web or blog archiving or back-up service
SERVICES
SCHOLAR BLOGGERS 2
%
SAVING
Purposefully save some
blog components
Export tools
Personal
back-ups
Document/text files
Via syndication
services
SCHOLAR BLOGGERS 2
BUT … RIGHTS & USE
Creative
Commons (n=13)
Copyright
Statement (n=34)
%
no rights or use statements
at blog or post level
BLOG 2
Better things to do
Personal responsibility
Personal communication
SCHOLAR BLOGGERS
2
%
DISCLAIMERS
have an explicit or implicit
disclaimer-style statement
Own
opinion
Not
responsible
Advice
BLOG
THOUGH 80% FEEL BLOG IS PART OF THEIR SCHOLARLY RECORD …
2 2
Better things to do
Personal responsibility
Personal communications
Bad experience
SCHOLAR BLOGGERS
2
%
DELETING
delete posts after publication
Duplicate
Post
“Post Regret”
Too sensitive or
revealing
SCHOLAR BLOGGERS 2
THOUGH 80% FEEL BLOG SHOULD BE PRESERVED …
BLOG DELETION
%
have deleted a blog
SCHOLAR BLOGGERS 2
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?
RESULTS
BIBLIOBLOGGERS 2012-PRESENT
4
ANTICIPATED
COMING SOON …
SPRING 2013
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scholarship through Boyer’s four domains: ASHE-ERIC higher education report.
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Bruns, A. (2006). Blogs, Wikipedia, Second Life, and beyond: From production to
produsage. New York, NY: Peter Lang.
Garrett, J., & Waters, D. (1996). Preserving digital information: Report of the Task
Force on Archiving of Digital Information. (CLIR Publication No. 63).
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http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub63watersgarrett.pdf
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scholars’ inactive blogs. #Influence12: Symposium & workshop on measuring
influence on social media. Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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SOURCES
THANKS TO …
FUNDERS
COLLEAGUES
COMMITTEE (PLUS)
- OCLC/ALISE LIS RESEARCH GRANT PROGRAM
- BETA PHI MU (EUGENE GARFIELD DISSERTATION AWARD
- LAURA SHEBLE
- RICHARD DAVIS
- DR. CASSIDY SUGIMOTO
- DR. SONGPHAN CHOEMPRAYONG
- DR. JEFFREY POMERANTZ
- PAUL JONES
- DR. RICHARD MARCIANO
- DR. HELEN TIBBO
- DR. LYNN SILIPIGNI CONNAWAY
- DR. DEBORAH BARREAU
- DR. CHRISTOPHER (CAL) LEE
- DAVID PCOLAR
AND THANK YOU
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