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2007 Survey of the Biblioblogosphere: Results from Various Filters

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…

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2007 Survey of the Biblioblogosphere: Attitudes and Behaviors

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…

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Welcoming my friend and colleague to the blogosphere

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…

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Who knew?

"New ideas are fine, but they are also illegal, because they are a form of ageism... We've learned that you can't teach a dog new tricks, because it's illegal and…

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Readex Digital Institute: Peter Brantley

Update: Peter offers an account of his presentation and his slides on his blog. Ok, can I just say how much I love any conference with free wireless and outlets…

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Favorite blogs – List and Commentary

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.…

Back from Denmark

I got back from Denmark last night and I'm still pretty exhausted from the whole trip. I don't even want to contemplate the pile of e-mails I received over the…

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Are you a group blogger?

Then consider taking this survey on group blogging that my friends down under developed. They will be presenting the results at the VALA2008 Conference. The survey looks at motivations for…

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Are 1/4 of library bloggers cowards?

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…

Away, away

DSC01509 Originally uploaded by FotoSpawn I'm going to be out of town from tomorrow until next Saturday. I definitely won't be posting anything during that time. I also probably won't…

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What makes a blog successful?

"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…

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2007 Survey of the Biblioblogosphere: Blog Demographics

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…

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Top Three Library-Related Blogs Survey

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…

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2007 Survey of the Biblioblogosphere: Demographics

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…

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2007 Survey of the Biblioblogosphere: Index of Results

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…