The pragmatic biblioblogger: Examining the motivations and observations of early adopter librarian bloggers

Internet Reference Services Quarterly

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 311-345

  Stephens, Michael ^a  

^a DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bloggers; Blogs; Librarians; Motivations; Social software; Web 2.0; Weblogs

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650891836     PISSN: 10875301     EISSN: 15404749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10875300802326475     Document Type: Article

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