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Presentation given at the CILIPS University, College and Research Group Scotland 'Social media: Tools for research and collaboration' workshop at Edinburgh University on 23 March 2012.
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Social media: Tools for research and
collaboration
A conversation...• Who am I? Who are you? • What is social media?• So what, who cares? • What do you think of social media?• Where does it fit in the research process?• Who’s using it? And how?• What do you need to consider?• How can you find out more?
• Oh, and some gratuitous pictures of cats...
Data inputterer at Scottish Office Agriculture and
Fisheries Department
Various posts in Department for Work and Pensions: front line service, IT support and
management, information security, risk management
PGDip Information and Library
Studies
MA(Hons) History and
Economic History
Various IT qualifications
Website manager at UK Trade and
Investment
Knowledge Management
Officer with the Scottish Centre for
Regeneration
Librarian in the Scottish
Government Library Service
What is social media?
Lies, damned lies and statistics...
One third of women aged 18-34 check Facebook when they first wake up (even before going to the bathroom)
http://mashable.com/2010/07/07/oxygen-facebook-study/
social media is bigger than porn
http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/3224877/Social_learning_through_social_media
Community Collaboration
Content
Communication
Social media is…
• for my professional life too
• a time and effort saver• focused information• a way to build my
reputation• an integral part of my
daily professional life• Something I’m trusted to
use wisely at work
• for my social life only• too time consuming• information overload• an invasion of my
privacy• yet another thing to do
when I’m busy already• blocked at my
workplace
Social media and research
social media is disruptive
http://www.rin.ac.uk/our-work/communicating-and-disseminating-research/use-and-relevance-web-20-researchers
Research Information Network. 2011. Social Media: A guide for researchers
1.Identification of knowledge
http://www.avltheatre.com/forte/2008/01/featured_post_the_long_tail_an.html#more
2. Creation of knowledge
http://amusingspace.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ailsah/sets/72157625800277725/
http://www.youtube.com/user/greenphd1/feed
http://changingpractice.blogspot.co.uk/
3. Quality assurance of knowledge
http://cities.wikispaces.asu.edu/
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/
4. Dissemination of knowledge
http://blogs.capita-libraries.co.uk/panlibus/2011/06/30/seven-habits-of-highly-effective-library-websites/
Online identity
Some takeaways
• social media can play a role across the research cycle• researchers who are active users feel that social
media offers them benefits in their professional life• give yourself permission to use social media in a way
that you feel most comfortable• don’t feel that you have to be ‘everywhere’• if you really want to understand what social media
can do for you and your research, you need to start experimenting!
Technology does not automatically improve conversation, communication or behaviour
Theodore Zeldin
Resources
http://www.diigo.com/list/lelil_/social-media-tools-for-research-and-collaboration
Social media: A guide for researcherswww.rin.ac.uk/Social-media-guide
VITAE Digital Researcherwww.vitae.ac.uk/researchers/346891/Digital-Researcher-online.html
The Digital Scholar: How Technology Is Transforming Scholarly Practice. Martin Weller www.bloomsburyacademic.com/view/DigitalScholar_9781849666275/book-ba-9781849666275.xml
Social media training resources produced by researchers at the University of Warwickmarkcarrigan.net/2012/02/10/social-media-training-resources-produced-by-researchers-at-the-university-of-warwick/
A guide to using Twitter in university research, teaching, and impact activities blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2011/09/29/twitter-guide/
Robert Gordon University Social Media Toolkitwww.rgu.ac.uk/staff/administration-and-professional-departments/livewire/social-media-toolkit
#phdchatphdchat.pbworks.com/w/page/33280234/PhD-Chat
PhD2Published social media postswww.phd2published.com/tag/social-media/
Nottingham University collection of social media resourceswww.nottingham.ac.uk/graduateschool/resources/socialmedia/index.aspx
DiRT: Digital Research Tools Wiki digitalresearchtools.pbworks.com/
JISC Web2practice web2practice.jiscinvolve.org/wp/
Networked Researcher www.networkedresearcher.co.uk/
Create Changewww.createchange.org/index.shtml
Connected Researcherwiki.bath.ac.uk/display/connectedresearcher/Home
East Midlands Research Support Group: Dissemination of your research www.nottingham.ac.uk/toolkits/play_3861
about.me/LesleyThomson