For comparison to the 2005 results (though some questions are new) visit Survey of the Biblioblogosphere: Attitudes and Behaviors

23. What is the primary way that you read blog content?
Response
Percent
Response
Count
 I visit each blog individually  15.1%   118 
 I read blogs in a Web-based RSS aggregator (Bloglines, Google Reader, etc.)  71.1%   557 
 I read blogs in a desktop RSS aggregator (MS Outlook, Vienna, NetNewsWire, etc.)  7.5%   59 
 I read blogs on a personalized start page (Netvibes, MyYahoo!, Pageflakes, etc.)  4.1%   32 
view comment Other (please specify)
 2.2%   17 
answered question   783 
skipped question   56 

It’s interesting to see this, because these results are so different from the rest of the population. If I’m not mistaken, the vast majority of the general population consume RSS feeds through a personalized start page like MyYahoo! and this population is REALLY into the web-based aggregator. To me, the last negative of web-based aggregators went out the window with Google Gears, which allows you to download your feeds to your computer to read them offline and then synchronizes them when you go online again. This makes Google Reader heads and shoulders above the competition in my book.

24. How many blogs are you subscribed to (or if you don’t subscribe, how many do you follow)?
Response
Percent
Response
Count
 Less than 15  22.3%   175 
 16 to 40  25.3%   198 
 41 to 75  14.5%   114 
 76 to 100  9.7%   76 
 101 to 150  11.9%   93 
 151 to 200  5.6%   44 
 more than 200  10.7%   84 
answered question   784 
skipped question   55 

It’s amazing to me that 10% of bloggers actually subscribe to more than 200 blogs! My absolute drop-dead cutoff is 200 and I have never gone over 195 because I think my head would explode if I did. But then again, there’s a difference between subscribing and reading, for sure. The majority of folks seems to be casual readers and are subscribed to fewer than 40, and the number of people who subscribe to fewer than 15 blogs has almost doubled, which I think reflects the fact that the blogosphere is getting more diverse. Or maybe people are just finding a healthier balance in their life.

25. What other social networking tools do you use to network with people in the profession (choose all that apply)?
Response
Percent
Response
Count
 Instant Messaging  58.9%   409 
 Wikis  58.9%   409 
 Flickr  52.8%   367 
 MySpace  26.0%   181 
 Facebook  48.2%   335 
 Twitter  21.2%   147 
 Ning  30.5%   212 
 LinkedIN  29.2%   203 
view comment Other (please specify)
 14.5%   101 
answered question   695 
skipped question  144 

Go wikis! It’s amazing to see that so many people also use wikis to share information professionally!!! I’ve seen a huge growth in wikis used internally in libraries, but this number is higher than even I thought it would be (on par with IM? Wow!). Facebook has also become incredibly popular with librarians. I can remember going on Facebook and creating a profile when I was working on my book in late Fall of 2005 and no one was on there that I knew other than my little brother. Now, hardly a day goes by that I don’t get added as a friend by another librarian. It’s wild!

26. How would you rate yourself on the following qualities?

Definitely Pretty much Somewhat Barely Not at all N/A
Open to change 63.5% (498) 31.9% (250) (250) 4.5% (35) 0.0% (0) 0.0% (0) 0.1% (1)
Tech-savvy 37.3% (292) 41.0% (321) 20.2% (158) 1.4% (11) 0.1% (1) 0.0% (0)
A leader in innovation at work 36.1% (283) 35.0% (274) 21.2% (166) 4.2% (33) 0.9% (7) 2.6% (20)
Happy at your job 36.0% (281) 36.4% (284) 18.3% (143) 4.7% (37) 2.1% (16) 2.4% (19)

These results are much more interesting when you look at them filtered by different demographic types (which you will see in my next post). It’s interesting how few bloggers definitely consider themselves tech-savvy. It’s gone down a bit from 2005, which leads me to believe that the population blogging has gotten more diverse (not that people as individuals have become LESS tech-savvy. Otherwise, the results are not tremendously different from those in 2005.