Ever wonder how many libraries around Australia are using blogs? What about wikis? Recently I learnt about a great project Chelsea Harper and Kate Watson are working on, which aims to investigate how blogs and wikis are being used in Australian libraries. This project is supported by the Ray Choate Scholarship, an award which “enable[s] the recipient[s] to investigate a particular aspect of reference or information services that will lead to improved practice in the area.”

Chelsea and Kate have set up a wiki to collate the information they are gathering. There is a small, slowly growing list of library blogs listed, as well as a few library wikis. Take a look, and if your library is not listed you might want to assist Chelsea and Kate by adding your library’s details.

From the Research Project Update page, I see that the plan is to present a paper on their findings at the 2007 Information Online Conference in Sydney. I’m looking forward to learning about your findings!