Schlagwort: biblioblogs

LibWorld – New Zealand

This week we will read about library blogs in New Zealand. The country located in the South Pacific has a population figure of 4 million people. Public Libraries have got a long tradition and appreciation in New Zealand. Legend has it that in every town it exists a pub, a dairy and a library.
Nevertheless in 2007 the New Zealand libraries accomplished a marketing activity with several celebrities to campaign for the use of libraries. If you want to take a look at the spots you can do it here.
Our LibWorld guest author from New Zealand, Simon Chamberlain, is reference librarian at the Victoria University of Wellington. He blogs at http://www.chamberlain.net.nz/blog.
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Biblioblog: Bibliotheksebene Bielefeld Weblog

Nicht nur Hannover hat einen regionalen Bibliotheksblog, auch Ostwestfalen gönnt sich diese exquisite Einrichtung.

Hilfe zur Selbsthilfe möchte offensichtlich das mir neue Biblioblog Bibliotheksebene Bielefeld Weblog anbieten. Der selbstgewählte Untertitel lautet dann auch konsequent: Die BE informiert, lesen müssen Sie selbst.

Autoren sind Barbara Bremer, Sebastian Wolf, Gabriele Voltmann-Bauer, Gudrun Kovac, Ingo Christmann-Rzepka, Reinhilt Dolkemeier und Viola Stüven. Das Blog existiert seit Juli und wächst und gedeiht.

LibWorld – Finland

The next stop in our LibWorld journey ist Finland, which is one of the most northern countries in the world. It is famous for its opulence of lakes, the complexity of its language and for its excellent educational system.

Libraries are in the center of the cultural life in Finland and libraries are used to borrow books, read newspapers, use the internet for free or just to meet some friends.
More information about Finnish libraries you can find on the homepage www.libraries.fi.

Reetta Saine, who’s blogging as Kirjaston antitäti hyssyttää, provided valuable information for this article. She’s an expert in Finnish public library blogs.

Our guest author Päivi Hollanti is working as a librarian at the Suomen Virtuaaliammattikorkeakoulu, the Finnish Online University of Applied Sciences and is mainly blogging on eAineistot oppimisen resurssi.
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"Survey of the Biblioblogosphere": aktuelle Ergebnisse online

Meredith Farkas hat nun in ihrem Blog alle Ergebnisse der „2007 Survey of the Biblioblogosphere “ online gestellt.

Einen Tipp für in ihrer Berufswahl Unentschlossene gibt sie darin auch noch mit auf den Weg:

Want to be happy? Well, you may want to become a school librarian, work in a law library or work for a consortium or library system, because those three got the highest scores for job satisfaction.

Umfrage zu bibliothekarischen Gruppenbloggern

Leider erst jetzt bei Netbib gefunden: Lambert Heller fordert kooperativ bloggende Bibliothekare auf, an einer Umfrage teilzunehmen:

Der bibliothekarische Group blogging survey. Autoren bei netbib, Infobib, IBI, Archivalia und Co. sollten mitmachen, denn so erfahren wir mehr über die interessante Gattung dieser Gruppen-Blogs.

Hier geht’s zu einem Blogposting der Initiatoren, und hier direkt zur Umfrage.

2 Jahre Blog zum Bibliotheksrecht / Skriptorium

Eric Steinhauers Blog Bibliotheksrecht ist zwei Jahre alt geworden. Hier geht es zum Jubiläumsposting. Herzlichen Glückwunsch! Er hat mit seiner Seite ein hervorragendes Angebot geschaffen, dessen einziger Wermutstropfen in der abgeschalteten Kommentarfunktion liegt.

Dies ist leider auch der Fall bei dem neuen Blog Skriptorium, dass Herr Steinhauer zeitgleich präsentiert. Der Untertitel lautet Wissenschaftliches Publizieren und Bibliotheken : ein Zettelkasten, und der Betreiber beschreibt das neue Blog folgendermaßen:

Dieses Blog wird sich mit dem Thema Wissenschaftliches Publizieren und Bibliotheken beschäftigen. Ausgehend von der Tatsache, dass insbesondere die Hochschulbibliotheken durchgängig eigene Schriftenserver bzw. Repositorien betreiben, soll in diesem Blog über das Verhältnis von Bibliothek und wissenschaftlichem Publizieren nachgedacht, berichtet und spekuliert werden.

Einen besonderen Schwerpunkt werden dabei die Chancen, aber auch die Probleme des elektronischen Publizierens für die Verbreitung wissenschaftlicher Beiträge bilden. Durch meinen persönlichen Hintergrund werden vor allem die buchaffinen Disziplinen der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften behandelt.

Viel Erfolg auch mit diesem Blog, und vielleicht probieren Sie es ja auch mal mit der Kommentarfunktion? ;o)

LibWorld – Greece

The next article in our LibWorld series deals with the Greek biblioblogosphere. Greece looks back on an old library tradition, with some of the oldest libraries as e.g. the library of Alexandria.

Concerning to the nearly 400 year taking foreign rule by the Turks the old library tradition was lost and could be tied in with the beginning of the 19th century. Until 1830 books in Greek could only be printed outside the country, because of a restriction on printed spreading of the Greece language.
The first library foundation of the modern Greece was in 1829 on the Island Ägina. In 1834 this library became the National Library of Greece and moved to Athens.
The low stage of development of the librarianship in Greece is depending on the undervalued part, which libraries had played in the educational system for many years. In the last few years a reorientation took place to support independent working.

Nowadays the Greek academic librarianship has more or less catched up with European standard, but in the public libraries there are only a few advances noticeable. The still existing structural defects are a problematic starting position and they impede the work of libraries and the library association.
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Michael Stephens: "Modeling the role of blogging in librarianship"

Stephens, Michael, Modeling the role of blogging in librarianship. Doctor of Philosophy (Information Science), August 2007, 187 pp., 47 tables, 6 figures, 134 references.

This phenomenological study examines the motivations and experiences of librarians who author professionally-focused Weblogs. The researcher constructed a model of librarianship based on Wilson and Buckland. The results show a close fit between librarian bloggers and the ideals of the field as expressed by two primary library and information science philosophers. A Web survey generated 239 responses to demographic and open-ended questions. Using the results of the survey, the researcher analyzed demographic data and performed a phenomenological analysis of the open-ended questions. A list of category responses was generated from each set of answers via the coding of descriptive words and phrases.

Results indicated the motivations of librarian bloggers are based around themes of sharing, participation in community, and enhanced professional development. Respondents reported feeling more connected to the profession and to colleagues across the world because of blogging. Respondents perceived the librarian blogosphere as a community with both positive aspects – feedback, discussion, and support – and negative aspects – insular voices, divides between technologists and librarians, and generational rifts. Respondents also reported an increased ability to keep current, improved writing skills, and opportunities to speak and contribute to professional journals.

Ideally the study’s findings will contribute to the ongoing investigation of how people are using newer Web technologies. The researcher hopes the study will illustrate the beliefs, motivations, and professional benefits that blogging provides for other librarians and library administrators.

[via Tame the Web]