I'm working on a paper for a meeting in Las Vegas next month, called, "Delving into the Health Sciences Biblioblogosphere: How Has it Changed our Professional Practice?" The abstract is below.
For the paper I'll include results of a survey of librarians who read blogs that are written by health sciences librarians and targeted to other professionals. These blogs should generally focus on library issues (which excludes my humble home here).
If you read blogs by and for health sciences librarians, please take 5-10 minutes to complete the survey. The survey is open until January 21, and I'm happy to answer any and all questions.
Thank you very much.
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Abstract:
What seemed strange a few years ago has now become
mainstream. Today several health sciences librarians maintain prominent blogs as a way to exchange information
about new resources and services; and to stimulate discussion and debate among colleagues.
As a means of gauging the impact of this development, this paper will report the
results of two surveys: one of a targeted sample of high-profile health sciences librarian
bloggers; and another of the larger base of regular blog readers.
To some extent the blogs serve the same function as an
old-fashioned email list like MEDLIB-L; for example, most blogs have a threaded comment function. But there
are important differences. Blogs usually convey the "personality" of the
author, link to other resources, and have a visual branding that is absent on email. Blogs
remain a new (if no longer strange) phenomenon, and this paper is an attempt to understand
their functions and potential.
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