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Social Media for Research and Scholarly Communication


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Manage Your Professional Identity

Who might search for you:
  • Colleagues, current employers, future employers, students, peers

How are you seen by:
  • Your colleagues, your peers, the general public

Gauged by:
  • Your conduct, what you say, what others say about you, what you write and how you write it, face to face, peer-review, academic papers

Choosing a social media channel

Features to look for when choosing social media services:

  • Easy-to-Use:  Look for drag-and-drop uploading for files and links; make sure it works well on mobile devices and has a simple interface
  • Adding & Organizing Resources:  Besides simplifying adding and organizing discoveries (topics, titles, descriptions, tags, etc.), it should have a search feature and it should intelligently suggest resources related to the topic.
  • Connecting & Collaborating:  It should enable easy connection and collaboration with others on topics, interests or issues, and it should be easy to repost resources from others (giving automated recognitions to original curators).
  • Visually Stimulating & Intuitive: It should be stimulating to the eyes and intuitive to the mind, and obviously be light enough to avoid slow responses on mobile devices or for those with slow connections.