Modeling the Role of Blogging in Librarianship

Motivations of Scholarly Bloggers

Kyle Jones sent this to me:

http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2962/2580

Kjellberg, Sara. “I am a blogging researcher: Motivations for blogging in a scholarly context” First Monday[Online], Volume 15 Number 8 (14 July 2010)

Kjellberg conducted in-depth interviews with researchers who blog for the study. Take a look at the findings and discussion for some strong evidence for sharing and [...]

The Pragmatic Biblioblogger is in IRSQ

I realized I hadn’t blogged this, but my article “The Pragmatic Biblioblogger: Examining the Motivations and Observations of Early Adopter Librarian Bloggers” is in Internet Reference Services Quarterly, Vol. 13, Issue 4, p311-345.

It’s been a long time since November 2005 when 238 hearty bibliobloggers took my survey. The changes since then are [...]

My Dissertation Bound

My Dissertation Bound, originally uploaded by mstephens7.

I just received three bound copies of my dissertation from ProQuest.

For those who might be interested, you can download a PDF version here:

stephens-mfinal

TTW Contributor Lee LeBlanc provided these links:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/6355946/Stephens-Mfinal

http://pdfmenot.com/view/http://tametheweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/stephens-mfinal.pdf

From the conclusion:

While Gorman [...]

A Long Overdue Note of Thanks

A post that is long overdue. I want to extend public thanks to Jennifer Graham and Scott Smith for the invaluable assistance they provided me as I finished my dissertation. In a way, it’s also an acknowledgement of how powerful these informal blogging connections can be. In the space of a few months Jennifer [...]