(June 2011) New Media, Social Scholarship: Scholars’ Perceptions of their Blogs within the System of Scholarly Communication

NEW MEDIA,SOCIAL SCHOLARSHIPSCHOLARS’ PERCEPTIONS OF THEIR BLOGS WITHINTHE SYSTEM OF SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION CAROLYN.HANK@MCGILL.CA Assistant Professor ▪ School of Information Studies5TH BLOOMSBURY CONFERENCE ON E-PUBLISHING & E-PUBLICATIONSJUNE 30, 2011 ▪ LONDON, UK

RESEARCH QUESTIONS How do scholars who blog perceive their blog in relation to their cumulative scholarly record?

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?

RESEARCH QUESTIONS What blog characteristics impact preservation? What blogger behaviours impact preservation?

UNITS & DATA SOURCES BLOG Questionnaires Interviews BLOGGER Blog Analysis

POPULATION Purposive Sampling Academic Blog Portal <http://www.academicblogs.org>

ELIGIBLE BLOGSHistory| Economics | Law | BioChemPhys (29%) 125 Single-Blogs | 65 Co-Blogs

ELIGIBLE BLOGGERS 107 Single-Bloggers | 187 Co-Bloggers

QUESTIONNAIRES RR 1: QI: 63% | QII: 46% | QI/II: 52%Completed sample: 153 respondentsOutcome rates derived from Internet surveys of specifically named personsfrom the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR, 2009)

INTERVIEWS24 semi-structuredphone interviews72 (47%) of QI & QII respondents expressed interest

BLOG ANALYSIS Coded 93 blogs Authorship Attributes Blog Elements & Features Rights & Disclaimers57 to 63 Indicators Authority & Audience (on/off blog) Blog Publishing Activity Post Features Archiving

results 12/48

OCCUPATION % post-secondary institution BLOGGER

OCCUPATIONDistinguished/ Chaired Prof. Professor/ Full Prof. + % (n=58) BLOGGER

AGE years mean real age (range 25 to 70 years old) BLOGGER

AGE years mean professional age (range 0 to 39 years) BLOGGER

GENDER % are male BLOGGER

ESTABLISHED PUBLICATION AND SERVICE HISTORYBLOGGER

peer-reviewed articleconference proceedingsessay.article.op-ed (other)book chapter book reviewmonograph (author) comment (journal)book review (other) monograph (editor) textbook BLOGGER

SERVICE 91% have performed at least 1 of Journal editor/ 38% these service associate editor activitiesManuscript/book 70% evaluator Journal article 79% referee 0% 100% BLOGGER

BLOG INSTANCES % publish to 2 or more blogs BLOGGER

MICROBLOGGING % do not tweet BLOGGER

BLOG HISTORY % first blog published to BLOGGER

BLOG AGE years mean blog age (57% between 5 to 8 years old)BLOG

IDENTITY 84 % 8% 13% Real name | Both | PseudonymBLOG

BLOGGING % update their blog 1+ times per week BLOGGER

BLOGGING % published a new post within the previous weekBLOG

POSTING % make all of their posts publicly available BLOGGER

POSTING posts Average posts per month (2,726 posts published August 1-31, 2010)BLOG

PRIMARY AUDIENCE Everyone else 8% students, family, friends, others General public 32% Colleagues and 61% professional peers 0% 100% BLOGGER

ENGAGEMENT % employ a post commenting feature BLOGGER

ENGAGEMENT % respond to comments BLOGGER

ENGAGEMENT % post comments to other blogs 1+ times per week BLOGGER

COMMENTS % of most recent posts had zero commentsBLOG

COMMENTSSo looked at postsfrom 1 year earlierBLOG

COMMENTS 2009 45% 40% 35% 30%POSTS 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% 0 1 2-3 4-5 6-10 11-19 ≥ 20 COMMENTSBLOG

RIGHTS & USE Copyright Statement (n=34) Creative Commons (n=13) % feature 1 or more statements or licensesBLOG

DISCLAIMERS Own opinion Notresponsible Advice % have an explicit or implicit disclaimer-style statementBLOG

COMMENT POLICYModeration Tone & languageCopyright & licenses % have an explicit or implicit comment policy or guidelinesBLOG

EDITING % edit posts after publication BLOGGER

… only 2 blogs includeda policy or statementBLOG

SCHOLARSHIP Public 100% Allows use andScholarly 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 & Helland, P. (2002).

INVITATIONS % … to present BLOGGER

INVITATIONS % … to collaborate BLOGGER

INVITATIONS % … to serve BLOGGER

INVITATIONS % … to publish BLOGGER

conference proceedings essay.article.op-ed (other) book review book chapter peer-reviewed article book review (other) monograph (author) comment (journal) monograph (editor) textbookBLOGGER

SCHOLARY LIFE PROMOTION GREATER VISIBILITY WORK ENJOYMENT TEACHING QUALITY SHARING PRE-PUBS IMPROVED WRITING EFFICIENCY NEITHER WRITING QUALITY IMPAIRED RESEARCH QUALITY RESEARCH CREATIVITYRESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% BLOGGER

PRESERVATION % preservation for public access & use into the indefinite future BLOGGER

BLOGGING OVER TIME About the same 35% Somewhat less 25% A lot less 17% Somewhat more 14% A lot more 8% BLOGGER

if?What 51/48

SADNESS RELIEF DOUBT ANGER C’EST LA VIE

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

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

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

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

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

next?What’s 59/48

THANKS TO …Dr. Helen R. TibboDr. Lynn Silipigni ConnawayDr. Jeffrey PomerantzPaul JonesDr. Richard MarcianoDr. Cal LeeDr. Deborah Barreau

THANKS FOR …Beta Phi Mu 2010 Eugene Garfield DoctoralDissertation FellowshipInstitute of Museum and Library Services(IMLS)School of Library and Information Science,University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

… AND THANK YOUCAROLYN HANKEmail: carolyn.hank@mcgill.caPhone: 514.398.4684Web: http://ils.unc.edu/~hcarolynSlideshow: QUESTIONS

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