TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose– The aim of this paper is to gauge how academic libraries treat publishing a blog.Design/methodology/approach– As blogging becomes more popular, the question arises as to whether it should count as scholarship or a creative activity in academic promotion and tenure. To find out, the author sent a link to a questionnaire to several e‐mail lists, inviting academic librarians to answer a short survey.Findings– In total, 73.9 percent of respondents indicated that their institution expects them to engage in scholarly activities and/or publish scholarly articles, 53.6 percent indicated that their performance review committees do not weigh a blog the same as an article published in a peer‐reviewed journal.Research limitations/implications– As technology changes, policies will need to change.Practical implications– Libraries may need to adapt to new forms of scholarship. Electronic scholarship needs a mechanism for peer‐review.Originality/value– The paper is original – the author did not find any other surveys regarding blogging as scholarship in the library literature.
VL  - 28
IS  - 3
SN  - 0737-8831
DO  - 10.1108/07378831011076701
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/07378831011076701
AU  - Hendricks Arthur
PY  - 2010
Y1  - 2010/01/01
TI  - Bloggership, or is publishing a blog scholarship? A survey of academic librarians
T2  - Library Hi Tech
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 470
EP  - 477
Y2  - 2024/09/18
ER  -