TY - JOUR
T1 - Negotiating Self-presentation, Identity, Ethics, Readership and Privacy in the LIS Blogosphere
T2 - A Review of the Literature
AU - Greenland, Katy
N1 - Imported on 12 Apr 2017 - DigiTool details were: Journal title (773t) = Australian Academic and Research Libraries. ISSNs: 0004-8623;
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - This paper is a review of the literature around the Library and Information Science (LIS) blogosphere, focusing on academic librarian bloggers who maintain their own blog outside of their library workplace. The differences between library and librarian blogs are defined, followed by a brief snapshot of the history, evolution and current landscape of the LIS blogosphere. The review aims to understand what challenges these librarian bloggers face in contentious areas of their blogging practice. Key challenges that emerged were self-presentation and identity, ethical issues, readership and privacy. Through a discussion of these key challenges, issues around anonymity, disclosure, accountability to the profession, the interactivity of blogs and self-censorship come into play. The blurred lines between the personal, public, private and professional in the world of blogs are observed.
AB - This paper is a review of the literature around the Library and Information Science (LIS) blogosphere, focusing on academic librarian bloggers who maintain their own blog outside of their library workplace. The differences between library and librarian blogs are defined, followed by a brief snapshot of the history, evolution and current landscape of the LIS blogosphere. The review aims to understand what challenges these librarian bloggers face in contentious areas of their blogging practice. Key challenges that emerged were self-presentation and identity, ethical issues, readership and privacy. Through a discussion of these key challenges, issues around anonymity, disclosure, accountability to the profession, the interactivity of blogs and self-censorship come into play. The blurred lines between the personal, public, private and professional in the world of blogs are observed.
KW - Open access version available
KW - Australian academic librarian bloggers
KW - Blog readership
KW - Blogger identity
KW - Ethics
KW - Privacy
KW - Self-presentation
U2 - 10.1080/00048623.2013.843236
DO - 10.1080/00048623.2013.843236
M3 - Article
VL - 44
SP - 217
EP - 225
JO - Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association
JF - Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association
SN - 2475-0158
IS - 4
ER -