Please note that they survey is not yet closed and these finding are only preliminary. Thus far I've received forty-six responses, although as my list of Law Library Blogs and Blogs by Law Librarians or Law Library Associations indicates, there are at least 75 known law library blogs.
The survey is in conjunction with an article I'm writing on the state of the law library blogosphere: Who is blogging? What are we blogging about? Who reads our blogs? What technologies are we using? and Have our blogs been successful? I've focused the survey on professional blogs affiliated with a law library, a law library association, and / or written by a law librarian.
This first batch of preliminary results will attempt to shed light on the question: "Who is blogging?"
Blogger affiliation:
| An academic law library | 36.96% |
| A state, court, or county law library | 6.52% |
| A firm/corporation law library | 13.04% |
| A legislative library | 0.00% |
| A law library association | 2.17% |
| Other | 8.70% |
| No affiliation | 32.61% |
Blogger Location:
| New England | 8.70% |
| Middle Atlantic | 26.09% |
| South | 8.70% |
| Midwest | 26.09% |
| Southwest | 6.52% |
| West | 8.70% |
| Canada | 6.52% |
| Other | 8.70% |
Posting Frequency:
| Daily (weekdays & weekends) | 26.09% |
| Daily (weekdays) | 13.04% |
| Weekly | 23.91% |
| Monthly | 2.17% |
| Less than monthly | 0.00% |
| Other | 34.78% |
Contributors:
| Library director(s) | 34.78% |
| Librarian(s) | 82.61% |
| Faculty/Attorney(s)/Judge(s) | 8.70% |
| Support staff | 17.39% |
| Other | 8.70% |
I'd like to express a BIG thank you to the forty-six of you who have taken time to complete the survey so far. And if you are a law library blogger that hasn't completed it, I encourage you to share your experiences by completing the survey.
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