Social Media for Researchers (DTP)

Richard Hall@hallymk1

http://richard-hall.org

John Coster@docmediacentre

https://docmediacentre.wordpress.com/

Christos Daramilas@cdaramilas

Overview

• Linking social media and research management to researcher development

• Demonstrating the potential of social media for academic practice/scholarship in public

• Demonstrating the potential of social media for co-operative scholarship

• Some considerations

Pre-session questions

• Which social media tools do you use?

• What do you use them to achieve in your academic work?

• What would you like to cover in the session or in a follow-up discussion?

• What are the ramifications of your work being social?

• A1: Knowledge Base

• B3: Professional and career development

• C1: Professional conduct

• D2: Communication and dissemination

• Available: http://bit.ly/1zn9o3m

The Vitae Researcher Development Framework

Useful tools:A1 Knowledge base• Access/chance/trust: Twitter • Verification/trust: Subject blogs• Verification/trust: Open libraries• Resources/groups: Mendeley• Resources/groups: ResearchGate• Searching: Tagging,

folksonomies• Collecting: Evernote; Tumblr

Useful tools:B3 Professional and career development

• Networking/reputation: Twitter• Networking/reputation: LinkedIn • CPD: Subject blogs• Publication: Open libraries• CPD/publication: Mendeley• CPD/publication: ResearchGate• Reputation: ImpactStory

Dear Scholars, Delete Your Account At Academia.Edu

Useful tools:C1 Professional conduct

• Collaborative work • Privacy settings• Intellectual Property• Permissions, use, sharing and

re-use [e.g. Creative Commons]

• Open data [Manchester; .gov]

• DMU-specific rights

Useful tools:D2 Communication and dissemination

• File sharing: Dropbox, Google Drive, Zend

• Conferencing Skype • Social presentation: Prezi,

SlideShare, Storify• Multimedia: YouTube

• Plus those in B3, above.

Twitter• What is Twitter?

• Who uses it?

• How does it benefit your research?

Twitter explained by Common Craft

Ned Potter’s: Twitter for researchers

Blogging• What is a blog?

• Who uses blogs?

• Different blogging platforms?

• How does blogging benefit your research?

patterBlogs explained by Common Craft

Linkedin

• What is Linkedin?

• Who uses it?

• How does Linkedin benefit your research?

LinkedIn5 LinkedIn tips for early career researchers

ResearchGate

• What is ResearchGate?

• Who uses it?

• How does ResearchGate benefit your research?

Researchgate

Online collaboration: Scientists and the social network

Lucy Atkins

Lucy Atkins

Lucy Atkins• #PhDChat - general PhD community.• @Acwri/#Acrwri - Discussion and support group for academic

writing.• @SUWTUK/#shutupandwrite - Online shut up and write group.

1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month, 10am BST.• #ECRchat / @ECRchat – Twitter chat for Early Career

Researchers• @thesiswhisperer - Dr Inger Mewburn is the managing editor of

the Thesis Whisperer blog, a highly useful collection of blog posts about every conceivable PhD concern.

• @PhDForum - Discussion and support group for PhD students.• @PhD2Published - home of #Acwrimo (academic writing month

- every November)• @ThomsonPat - Professor at University of Nottingham, author

of patter blog, another brilliant PhD/academia guidance blog.

Case Studies• Lucy Atkins: PhD

notes/verbs; standard open tech; links to Twitter; process of PhD

• Tressie McMillan Cottom: own site as pivot; structure; public scholarship; most read; events; personal academic formation

Case Studies

• Transition through PhD: #phdchat; Guardian HE Network; therapeutic networks;

• Writing: seven reasons why academic blogging is valuable; the DMU Commons

To consider

• Intensity of reading/research versus intensity of networking [time]

• How risk averse do you *need* to be?• How open do you *need* to be?

• What is the balance between soft and hard publishing?

• How do you use your networks to challenge your own orthodoxy?

To consider• What permissions do you need to use stuff?• What permissions do you want to give your

stuff?• Think about your identity across disparate

platforms• Think about being true, necessary and kind• Think about your e-safety [personal

relationships, the institution/funder, the State]

DMU Support

• DMU Commons http://our.dmu.ac.uk/

• CELT Hub http://celt.our.dmu.ac.uk/

• DMU Social Media Policy: http://bit.ly/2ooljN8

• Library and Learning Services Copyright stuff

Further reading• Common Craft simple overview videos

• Mark Reed Fast Track Impact resources

• How Academics and Researchers Can Get More Out of Social Media

• Mark Carrigan’s Social Media for Academics

• Notes on social media for researchers