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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…

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Interesting facts from the Survey of the Biblioblogosphere 2007

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…

blogging

Survey of the Biblioblogosphere Update

When I put the survey out, I hoped to get more responses than last time. Two years ago, I got somewhere in the neighborhood of 150 responses. I've been amazed…

career

On success and motivation

I read Emily Clasper's post yesterday about overachievers, underachievers and motivation and found that some of what she wrote made me very uncomfortable. I wasn't quite sure how to articulate…

blogging

2007 Survey of the Biblioblogosphere

In August of 2005, I conducted a survey of people in the library and information science profession who blog to get some sense of the demographic characteristics of bibliobloggers. The…

blogging career

Career advice from the “To Blog” folder

I've found a lot of great career and work-related posts over the past month or so that I've wanted to share with others. Being a librarian requires much more than…

libraries

Good library publicity for all the right reasons

Way to go Gary Price for getting the electronic and non-book resources libraries offer the attention they deserve in the mainstream tech media! "Steal This Book? Don't Bother": Libraries are…

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From the “to blog” folder

When I find a post or article interesting and think I might want to comment on it, it goes into the "to blog" folder. That folder is getting pretty darn…

career speaking

Upcoming Presentations for Fall

I had a nice, sparse, mellow speaking schedule all set for Fall, and then I got a few offers I couldn't refuse, which turned my Fall into another disaster. Add…

General

At least I’m not “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.”

You're A People's History of the United States! by Howard Zinn After years of listening to other peoples' lies, you decided you've had enough. Now you're out to tell it…

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Be careful what you wish for…

Remember last week when I posted about wanting to teach a class on social software for library school students? Well, it looks like I may have gotten my wish. More…