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Your digital footprint: what does the internet know about (professional) you? Shawna Reibling Michael Steeleworthy Knowledge mobilization officer, ORS Library GPSS Day September 4, 2013

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This presentation was delivered by Shawna Reibling and Michael Steeleworthy as part of the Graduate & Professional Studies Symposium Sept. 4th, 2013.

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  • 1. Your digital footprint: what does the internet know about (professional) you? Shawna Reibling Michael Steeleworthy Knowledge mobilization officer, ORS Library GPSS Day September 4, 2013
  • 2. Social Media Illustration by W. B. Jones Relationship A cycle of knowledge exchange Searching, sharing Possibilities Blogs Twitter Podcastin g Video Flickr YouTube Facebook Digital Presence Who you are online What are your ideas Possibilities
  • 3. Your Social Identity What does your email address say about you? What does your online name say about you? What do you want your online identity to be? Is this for professional or personal use? @MrsKutcher
  • 4. Who am I online? When youre promoting brand YOU, everything you do and everything you choose not to do communicates the value and character of your brand (Tom Peters, 1997, The brand called you)
  • 5. Questions to consider Do I need a online presence? Am I ready to be digitally social? What is my online presence? Am I starting from scratch? Precautions & opportunities
  • 6. How to share your identity Blog/webpage University webpage slideshare flickr Twitter Grey literature Scholars Commons Scholars.wlu.ca LinkedIn Other social media Conference websiteGoogle scholar
  • 7. not as careful as I probably should be... sold my soul to the internet... I gave up... recognition and getting yourself known... common name... not a whole lot (I don't think)... you probably wouldn't find me... I have no idea what's online about me ... probably are going to be implications in the future... I think people should get over themselves
  • 8. Why am I crafting a digital identity? Knowledge mobilization: Moving research knowledge into active service Feedback on ideas What are others in your field working on today? Real-time conversation and network exchange Resource sharing Immediate awareness of information Conferences? Contacts? Partnerships? Event promotion?
  • 9. Digital Identity Examples
  • 10. Consistent identity message
  • 11. Identity: Personal
  • 12. Identity: Personal
  • 13. Identity: Personal
  • 14. Questions to consider before joining social media Who am I trying to reach? What do I want people to know about me? How much time can I spend online?
  • 15. Identity: Professional
  • 16. Identity: Professional
  • 17. Identity: Professional Rule of Three
  • 18. Questions to consider before joining social media Who am I trying to reach? What do I want people to know about me? How much time can I spend online?
  • 19. How to share your identity Blog/webpage University webpage slideshare Twitter Scholars Commons Scholars.wlu.ca LinkedIn Other social media Conference website Google scholar Twitter chats
  • 20. Identity: Laurier
  • 21. Identity: Laurier
  • 22. Identity: Laurier
  • 23. Questions to consider before joining social media Who am I trying to reach? What do I want people to know about me? How much time can I spend online?
  • 24. How do you describe what you do at work: At a cocktail party When you meet a co-worker To your referees Your Digital Identity
  • 25. Examples A writer/editor, knowledge mobilization #KMb, translation & exchange specialist #KTE, & social media enthusiast who loves to indulge in knitterly obsessions. The KW Awesome Foundation is a small group of investors dedicated to bringing awesome projects and ideas to life. Have an awesome idea? Apply for a $1000 grant! SSHRC President / Prsident du CRSH sshrc-crsh.gc.ca
  • 26. Digital Identity Set up
  • 27. Choosing an Identity Checklist What name do you currently use?(if any) For Twitter: choose something short Do you use mobile devices? Is it easy to type? Be consistent across platforms
  • 28. Help Others Find You Be consistent Claim your space Be recognizable Start walking! Profiles ePortfolio Blog Domains Photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sludgeulper/
  • 29. Ask others & Talk about it Add to email signature Add to Business cards Write it on your name tag Share your user names
  • 30. What to do with your Digital Identity
  • 31. Use social media Step 1. Figure out your identity Step 2. Figure out what you want to share Step 2. Who do you want to share it with Step 3. Start finding out more about those networks Step 4. Create yourself in the network Step 5. Start a conversation with stakeholders Step 6. Make it easy for people to find you and your stuff i.e. add tags
  • 32. Use a blog: Blogger, Wordpress About link takes you to kylemackie.ca Share your ideas online
  • 33. An Example Tweet
  • 34. Listen before starting a conversation
  • 35. Limited to 140 Characters!
  • 36. How to Find Networks
  • 37. Tools Blogs: share your writing, thoughts, ideas Blogger, Wordpress Social Networks: have conversations Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, MySpace Social Networks: search and share YouTube, Vimeo (video) Flickr (pictures) Slideshare/scribd: (powerpoints); Atrium (files); Dropbox Work together: create content together Dropbox, google docs Website: curate your identity Wordpress, Drupalgardens, etc.
  • 38. Tools for working together Drop box: A place to store/share large documents http://blog.dropbox.com/?p=938 Slideshare: Where this powerpoint will be posted Google docs
  • 39. Advanced Steps: Website Your own domain name Website: Wordpress, Drupalgardens, etc.
  • 40. Building your online scholarly profile http://www.improb.com/airchives/classical/cat/cat.html
  • 41. The Library collects and connects http://www.flickr.com/photos/samsanford
  • 42. The Library collects and connects fi.edu
  • 43. The Library collects and connects blyon.com
  • 44. The Library collects and connects Librarystudentjournal.org
  • 45. The Library collects and connects dbpedia.org
  • 46. Get results by building your profile today How will others discover you and your work? How will they access your work? How can you control your scholarly profile on the Internet?
  • 47. Why does Google Scholar matter? miley cyrus identity VMAs author: J Smith
  • 48. Google Scholar links subjects Librarystudentjournal.org
  • 49. Google Scholar links subjects and people
  • 50. Google Scholar links subjects and people
  • 51. Google Scholar in (in)action youth television identity
  • 52. Which citation gives more further reading options to the user?
  • 53. No keywords No photo No website
  • 54. Make yourself findable by creating a Google Scholar Profile
  • 55. Create a profile by clicking on My Citations
  • 56. Researchers should also register with ORCID ID ThomsonReuters Elsevier Springer Wiley Wellcombe Trust
  • 57. Researchers should also register with ORCID ID ThomsonReuters Elsevier Springer Wiley Wellcombe Trust
  • 58. Researchers should also register with ORCID ID ThomsonReuters Elsevier Springer Wiley Wellcombe Trust
  • 59. Build your profile to make a difference Increase the impact of your research Find collaborators Get noticed in the academic or private sector
  • 60. Speak to us about other profile tools LinkedIn Academia.edu Mendeley ORCID Google Scholar Profiles
  • 61. Contact Us Web: library.wlu.ca/about/people/msteeleworthy Email: [email protected] Twitter:@steeleworthy Web: wlu.ca/research/kmb Email: [email protected] Twitter:@LaurierResearch @MobilizeShawna Workshop evaluation: http://bit.ly/T3ki4k