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Martha at Libraries & Learning:
"I wonder if anyone in information studies is looking at citation patterns in the RSS world. Speed expectations alone might change the way we make use of colleagues' work."
Sounds like an interesting project. Maybe a library science student would want to take on this research. I just wonder if there is enough out there to come up with any specific conclusions.
Posted by Steven at November 28, 2003 12:07 AM | TrackBackThis idea does sound intriguing. There might be enough data to use if the student factors in other measures such as popdex. Also perhaps google pagerank (as perceived since the hard numbers aren't available) and if we happen to be talking blogs, the blog-specific data available through technorati and other places. This is all assuming that what appears syndicated in RSS typically is also reflected somewhere on the web, otherwise maybe you could use feedster or another RSS-centric resource instead.
Additionally, and this perhaps gets more at the heart of Martha's remarks, it would be really interesting to take into account a given RSS feed's related community of practice (the blogroll say, if the RSS is derived from a blog), and compare citation information within that community.
So in other words, I concur that this would be a fascinating library school project. :)
Posted by: carol o on November 29, 2003 11:52 AM