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UThink: Blogs at the University of Minnesota Libraries Shane Nackerud University of Minnesota

UThink: Blogs at the University of Minnesota Libraries Shane Nackerud University of Minnesota ALA Midwinter 2005 Boston snackeru@umn.edu. Unveiled April 12, 2004 As of January 15, 2004 Over 900 blogs created Over 12,800 individual posts Over 1,400 individual users

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UThink: Blogs at the University of Minnesota Libraries Shane Nackerud University of Minnesota

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  1. UThink: Blogs at the University of Minnesota Libraries Shane Nackerud University of Minnesota ALA Midwinter 2005 Boston snackeru@umn.edu

  2. Unveiled April 12, 2004 As of January 15, 2004 Over 900 blogs created Over 12,800 individual posts Over 1,400 individual users How did we get to this point? What does the system look like? How does it function? What will we do with the service next?

  3. Undergraduate Initiatives Council (2002-2003) http://staff.lib.umn.edu/ug/ Carol Ou and Rawbrick.net (April 30, 2003) http://www.rawbrick.net/article/509/collaborative-information-systems-and “I think at least for academic institutions, there's a sense of scholastic legitimacy that is leant by the library and the breadth and depth of its holdings - already playing an important role in the area of scholarly communications. And the library, in turn, can lend that reputation to [blogs], by hosting them, by hosting the microcontent that feeds them, by playing the platform role for this new form of scholarly discourse. Departments who might otherwise be disinclined to participate, might become otherwise convinced, given the opportunity for institutional recognition or validation ...” White paper (June 6, 2003) http://staff.lib.umn.edu/ug/uicd-blogmore.phtml In the beginning…

  4. Promote intellectual freedom Library as traditional defender Library already collects a wide variety of materials Build communities of interest Group blogs by major, department, etc. Enhance the traditional academic enterprise Not replace WebCT Retain the cultural memory of the institution Change perceptions Officially started the project September 2003 Goals of the project

  5. Soft release on March 31, 2004 More advertised release on April 12, 2004 ~ 30 blogs created the first day Week of April 26th UThink featured on U of M homepage - ~75 blogs created May: ~220 blogs June: ~280 blogs August: ~450 blogs November: ~725 blogs Now: ~900 blogs Unveil

  6. Who? ~1,400 Total users 10% Faculty/ PA 6% Staff 22% Grad 62% Undergrad 45% Male 55% Female 43% female in “blogosphere” Why? 30% Personal 10% Research 16% Class based 11% Work related 54% Testing 54% one post or fewer 62% abandoned 66% of blogs abandoned in “blogosphere” Blog Stats

  7. Over 12,800 individual posts ~53 posts per day Random evaluation of 600 posts (10 days worth) 47% personal in nature 34% class related 5% research related 11% work related 3% testing Post Stats

  8. Campus portal UThink channel(s) Portal as blog aggregation tool thanks to all that RSS SFX link resolver Researchers can post citations from SFX to their blog UThink in the Libraries Subject liaisons Featured on Undergraduate Virtual Library Class blogs, work blogs, personal blogs … Integration

  9. Into the Blogosphere Partnership with Rhetoric Dept., Internet Studies Center, and U Libraries http://blog.lib.umn.edu/blogosphere/ The first U of M library hosted scholarly publication Possibility of joint Indiana U/U of M online series hosted by UThink Possibility of hosting conference proceedings Publishing

  10. Upgrade to Movable Type 3.* Create archiving policies and procedures Expand UThink to coordinate campuses Better library integration Build a more robust blog search engine Seek out publishing opportunities Community building – organize blogs by major, dept. affiliation, offer classes on blogs, etc. Upgrade to bigger server? Private blogs and/or posts? What’s next?

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