Comments on: Survey of the Biblioblogosphere: Results http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2005/09/12/survey-of-the-biblioblogosphere-results/ A librarian, writer and educator reflecting on the profession and the tools we use to serve our patrons Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:11:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Information Wants To Be Free » Blog Archive » Making assumptions in the online medium and a mea culpa http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2005/09/12/survey-of-the-biblioblogosphere-results/comment-page-1/#comment-38487 Information Wants To Be Free » Blog Archive » Making assumptions in the online medium and a mea culpa Thu, 26 Jan 2006 14:08:39 +0000 http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/2005/09/12/survey-of-the-biblioblogosphere-results/#comment-38487 [...] Back when I was doing that Survey of the Biblioblogosphere, I was part of another misunderstanding. When I created the survey, I had accidentally made a certain question mandatory. To answer this question, one had to have an MLS, and I had meant to make it optional so that library folks who didn’t have an MLS could just skip it. But as a result of my mistake, Walt Crawford couldn’t fill out the survey. I’m going to take a leap here and say that, based on what he’s written in the past, the whole “people with an MLS are the only REAL librarians” is a sore subject with Walt. Strangely enough, it’s actually a sore subject with me too. Before I got my MLS, I worked at a public library where the opinions of anyone who didn’t have an MLS (even if they’d worked at the library for 20 years) didn’t count for anything. I found that really offensive, and it is a feeling that hasn’t changed now that I do have an MLS. But Walt didn’t know all that. Walt just saw that I had excluded people without an MLS from my survey of the biblioblogosphere and it pissed him off. So he wrote some angry comments. As soon as I saw them, I fixed my mistake and explained to him that it was 100% accidental. And he apologized. It’s just another example of how, when we already have a certain sensitivity about an issue, we can infer meaning from people’s writings and actions that don’t really exist. He saw something sinister in an innocent mistake. [...] [...] Back when I was doing that Survey of the Biblioblogosphere, I was part of another misunderstanding. When I created the survey, I had accidentally made a certain question mandatory. To answer this question, one had to have an MLS, and I had meant to make it optional so that library folks who didn’t have an MLS could just skip it. But as a result of my mistake, Walt Crawford couldn’t fill out the survey. I’m going to take a leap here and say that, based on what he’s written in the past, the whole “people with an MLS are the only REAL librarians” is a sore subject with Walt. Strangely enough, it’s actually a sore subject with me too. Before I got my MLS, I worked at a public library where the opinions of anyone who didn’t have an MLS (even if they’d worked at the library for 20 years) didn’t count for anything. I found that really offensive, and it is a feeling that hasn’t changed now that I do have an MLS. But Walt didn’t know all that. Walt just saw that I had excluded people without an MLS from my survey of the biblioblogosphere and it pissed him off. So he wrote some angry comments. As soon as I saw them, I fixed my mistake and explained to him that it was 100% accidental. And he apologized. It’s just another example of how, when we already have a certain sensitivity about an issue, we can infer meaning from people’s writings and actions that don’t really exist. He saw something sinister in an innocent mistake. [...]

]]> By: Wow!ter http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2005/09/12/survey-of-the-biblioblogosphere-results/comment-page-1/#comment-30197 Wow!ter Mon, 07 Nov 2005 22:04:29 +0000 http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/2005/09/12/survey-of-the-biblioblogosphere-results/#comment-30197 It was through Walt that I read this post. It was through Walt that I read this post.

]]> By: Planetagel http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2005/09/12/survey-of-the-biblioblogosphere-results/comment-page-1/#comment-27723 Planetagel Wed, 19 Oct 2005 13:34:19 +0000 http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/2005/09/12/survey-of-the-biblioblogosphere-results/#comment-27723 Esse tipo de ferramenta é verdadeiramente importante para sabermos se estamos agradando. Um abraço Esse tipo de ferramenta é verdadeiramente importante para sabermos se estamos agradando.
Um abraço

]]> By: Alane http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2005/09/12/survey-of-the-biblioblogosphere-results/comment-page-1/#comment-24693 Alane Tue, 27 Sep 2005 19:06:26 +0000 http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/2005/09/12/survey-of-the-biblioblogosphere-results/#comment-24693 Very interesting, Meredith. Ton of work too, I'll bet. I wonder how this profile tracks against the general library community? Top of the head guesses: generally younger, generally more male, leaning toward academia. As I was reading, I wondered if bloggers--especially those of us closer to 50 than 40 (just because of the amount of time we've worked) --have been more likely to adopt/try new stuff in our careers. For myself, I answer 'yes' and although not all my "trends" turned into permanent parts of library work, I learned a lot every time. Very interesting, Meredith. Ton of work too, I’ll bet. I wonder how this profile tracks against the general library community? Top of the head guesses: generally younger, generally more male, leaning toward academia.
As I was reading, I wondered if bloggers–especially those of us closer to 50 than 40 (just because of the amount of time we’ve worked) –have been more likely to adopt/try new stuff in our careers. For myself, I answer ‘yes’ and although not all my “trends” turned into permanent parts of library work, I learned a lot every time.

]]> By: Mikes Musing’s » Blog Archive » Carnival of the Infosciences #7 http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2005/09/12/survey-of-the-biblioblogosphere-results/comment-page-1/#comment-23942 Mikes Musing’s » Blog Archive » Carnival of the Infosciences #7 Mon, 19 Sep 2005 23:55:20 +0000 http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/2005/09/12/survey-of-the-biblioblogosphere-results/#comment-23942 [...] Over at our game stands we have a special addition. Meredith Farkas at Information Wants to Be Free has completed her tour of collecting information from users at the “Guess your blog age or your blog weight” booth and has presented a variety of information to let us know more about the people found in the library blog world. Specifically, she presents us with 4 categories of information to look at (all worth mentioning): [...] [...] Over at our game stands we have a special addition. Meredith Farkas at Information Wants to Be Free has completed her tour of collecting information from users at the “Guess your blog age or your blog weight” booth and has presented a variety of information to let us know more about the people found in the library blog world. Specifically, she presents us with 4 categories of information to look at (all worth mentioning): [...]

]]> By: netbib weblog http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2005/09/12/survey-of-the-biblioblogosphere-results/comment-page-1/#comment-23749 netbib weblog Sun, 18 Sep 2005 08:55:06 +0000 http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/2005/09/12/survey-of-the-biblioblogosphere-results/#comment-23749 <strong>Warum BibliothekarInnen bloggen</strong> Walt Crawford hatte ja in einer der letzten Ausgaben von Cites and Insights eine Analyse der Biblioblogosphere angefangen. Meredith Farkas hat daraufhin eine Umfrage gestartet und stellt die Ergebnisse jetzt vor. Einige interessante Ergebnisse finden ... Warum BibliothekarInnen bloggen

Walt Crawford hatte ja in einer der letzten Ausgaben von Cites and Insights eine Analyse der Biblioblogosphere angefangen. Meredith Farkas hat daraufhin eine Umfrage gestartet und stellt die Ergebnisse jetzt vor. Einige interessante Ergebnisse finden …

]]> By: Library Views 圖書館觀點 :: 圖書館網誌問卷調查結果出爐 :: September :: 2005 http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2005/09/12/survey-of-the-biblioblogosphere-results/comment-page-1/#comment-23342 Library Views 圖書館觀點 :: 圖書館網誌問卷調查結果出爐 :: September :: 2005 Tue, 13 Sep 2005 23:01:39 +0000 http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/2005/09/12/survey-of-the-biblioblogosphere-results/#comment-23342 [...] Information Wants To Be Free 前陣子針對圖書館網誌的 blogger 們做了一份問卷調查 (Survey of the Biblioblogosphere)，結果於今天公佈在網頁上了。調查結果分為四個部分: [...] [...] Information Wants To Be Free 前陣子針對圖書館網誌的 blogger 們做了一份問卷調查 (Survey of the Biblioblogosphere)，結果於今天公佈在網頁上了。調查結果分為四個部分: [...]

]]> By: Meredith http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2005/09/12/survey-of-the-biblioblogosphere-results/comment-page-1/#comment-23340 Meredith Tue, 13 Sep 2005 19:54:39 +0000 http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/2005/09/12/survey-of-the-biblioblogosphere-results/#comment-23340 Yeah, my spam filters are pretty aggressive. They have to be, though. Yeah, my spam filters are pretty aggressive. They have to be, though.

]]> By: Filipino Librarian http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2005/09/12/survey-of-the-biblioblogosphere-results/comment-page-1/#comment-23335 Filipino Librarian Tue, 13 Sep 2005 17:28:03 +0000 http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/2005/09/12/survey-of-the-biblioblogosphere-results/#comment-23335 hi! i tried to trackback but it doesn't seem to be working... hi! i tried to trackback but it doesn’t seem to be working…

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