The Pragmatic Biblioblogger: Examining the Motivations and Observations of Early Adopter Librarian B loggers

摘要

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 Buck-land 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.