The University of Pennsylvania sure has some pretty impressive library tech folks! First they create PennTags, now they're working on Pennvibes, which, according to this abstract from the DLF conference,…
Today [Note: This part was written Monday] will be my first day back at work after the marathon that was Internet Librarian and the LAUC-B conference. I ended up giving…
When I finally got control over the library's Web presence last year (a long process better discussed in a post of its own), the first thing I did was take…
I've been wanting to comment on this thought-provoking post by Carleen at Woodsy + Wired (a pretty new blog) for a few weeks now and just haven't had the time.…
Pfew! All done publishing the results of the 2007 Survey of the Biblioblosophere! To refresh your memory, here are all of the posts about this year's survey: 2007 Survey of…
Before I lost my Survey Monkey pro account, I created a bunch of results filters and exported them as PDF files. They allow you to see how a group who…
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?ResponsePercentResponseCount I…
Since July, I've been sharing an office. I thought I would absolutely hate it, but it turns out that it's been terrific. Sharing an office with the right person can…
no more training wheels Originally uploaded by shadycat I've been reading a number of interesting posts on the "training-wheels culture" from Dorothea Salo, Nicole Engard, and Emily Clasper. As I've…
The Top 10 1. Annoyed Librarian 2. Librarian in Black 3. Information Wants to be Free 4. Librarian.net 5. Tame the Web 6. Free Range Librarian 7. Library Stuff 8.…
In three days, I'll be on a plane, flying to Copenhagen, Denmark. I lived there for almost a year in college and I haven't been back in nine years. I'm…
If you believe what some people have been saying, maybe so. I didn't want to be on an Annoyed Librarian kick, but she commented on something that had been bothering…
"Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes." -Walt Whitman Steven Bell wrote a comment on my post about the Top Three…
You can find comparisons from 2005 at Blog Demographics and Why We Blog. 12. How long have you had your primary blog?ResponsePercentResponseCount Less than 4 months 16.6% 131 4-8 months 14.2% 112 9 months – 1 year 15.3% 121 13…
As an addendum to my Survey of the Biblioblogosphere and in response to the recent discussions about rating and ranking library blogs, I've created a survey where people can name…
Here are the 2005 results so you can have something to compare it to. 1. What is your gender?ResponsePercentResponseCount Female 66.3% 556 Male 33.5% 281 Other 0.2% 2 answered question 839 skipped question 0 Women are definitely better represented in the blogopshere than…
I'm going to start publishing results from the survey in drips and drabs over the next few weeks hopefully, but this page will be the index to the results and…
Remember a few weeks ago when I wrote that I really wanted to be an online adjunct instructor at a library school so I could teach social software to LIS…
Between my headache issues and a crazy speaking/writing/teaching schedule, it is unlikely that I will be able to publish a comprehensive list of results for the 2007 Survey of the…
Speaking of libraries doing 2.0 things just to look cool, there is an organization that I've criticized about that in the past. I've been concerned that many of the hip,…