Physicists’ Uses of Blogs Christina K. Pikas SLA PAM Physics Roundtable June 5, 2007

Note: No faculty liaison talk! Report from the first Science Blogging Conference State of the Physics Blogosphere Pre-2005 Post-2005 My upcoming study

Report from the first Science Blogging Conference

State of the Physics Blogosphere

Pre-2005

Post-2005

My upcoming study

Science Blogging Conference January 20, 2007 in Chapel Hill, NC Topics Blogging for the benefit of teachers Promoting public understanding of science How to blog Blogging & controversies in science

January 20, 2007 in Chapel Hill, NC

Topics

Blogging for the benefit of teachers

Promoting public understanding of science

How to blog

Blogging & controversies in science

Results Series of primers/basic reviews Suitable for undergrads? Suitable for us? http:// tinyurl.com/yvhrca How k-12 teachers use blogs Targeting content to requirements

Series of primers/basic reviews

Suitable for undergrads?

Suitable for us?

http:// tinyurl.com/yvhrca

How k-12 teachers use blogs

Targeting content to requirements

Next Year Saturday, January 19, 2008 Topics Teaching Science Science Journalism Doing science on blogs

Saturday, January 19, 2008

Topics

Teaching Science

Science Journalism

Doing science on blogs

Physics Blogosphere Pre-2005 Maybe fewer than 10 active bloggers using blogging software Many still blogging Distler (2002- ) The Quantum Pontiff (2003- ) Not Even Wrong (2004- )

Maybe fewer than 10 active bloggers using blogging software

Many still blogging

Distler (2002- )

The Quantum Pontiff (2003- )

Not Even Wrong (2004- )

2005 Quantum Diaries Project Bloggers wanted to continue Others wanted to comment? Cosmic Variance Critical Mass?

Quantum Diaries Project

Bloggers wanted to continue

Others wanted to comment?

Cosmic Variance

Critical Mass?

After 2005 Maybe ~300 physicist bloggers? Trackbacks on Arxiv (http://arxiv.org/tb/recent) Many, many comments

Maybe ~300 physicist bloggers?

Trackbacks on Arxiv (http://arxiv.org/tb/recent)

Many, many comments

My study How and why do scientists blog? Qualitative Content analysis Interviews Finishing by 1/08…

How and why do scientists blog?

Qualitative

Content analysis

Interviews

Finishing by 1/08…

Contact Information Christina K. Pikas, BS, MLS R.E. Gibson Library & Information Center The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Voice 443.778.4812 (Baltimore) 240.228.4812 (Washington) E-mail [email_address]

Christina K. Pikas, BS, MLS R.E. Gibson Library & Information Center The Johns Hopkins University

Applied Physics Laboratory

Voice 443.778.4812 (Baltimore)

240.228.4812 (Washington)

E-mail [email_address]