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Next steps in developing your online identity

We've covered much of the first two steps in Academics’ Online Presence: A four-step guide to taking control of your visibility. The book is easy to follow and I encourage you to continue on your own. If you have any questions, please contact me at laura_clos@harvard.edu.

Search on your own with suggested keywords:

scholarly identity, online presence, academic profiles, networked scholarship

Continue your research with the help of some of the following resources:

The A to Z guide for social networks for academics

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/a-z-social-media#survey-answer

Published in March 2017, this savvy guide to social media covers all the topics you would expect to find and many unexpected delights as well. The examples appended to many entries are often from the author's own social media pages and this is a nice personal touch that is perfect for the topic.

Connected Researchers: Digital tools for researchers

http://connectedresearchers.com/online-tools-for-researchers/#connect

This site is for any researcher who is looking for usable digital tools that have been recommended by scientists in labs around the world. There is a great sense of collaboration here and the contributors offer brief careful descriptions with each entry. The blog is updated a few times a year but the updates are substantive and worth the wait.

Tips for academics on blogging and social media

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/career/tips-academics-blogging-and-social-media

The Times Higher Education is consistently informative and well-written. This particular blog is a brief interview with scholar Mark Carrigan about his book on Social Media for Academics, published in October 2015. He is an advocate of academics using social media to raise awareness and interest in their work. The blog ends with 10 top tips for academic blogging.

Online collaboration: Scientists and the social network

http://www.nature.com/news/online-collaboration-scientists-and-the-social-network-1.15711

Written by Richard Van Noorden, an accomplished science journalist, the article is based on data from a large survey conducted by the premiere science journal Nature. Go to the interactive tables Why scholars use social media,.at the top of the article for a glimpse of how data could be visualized, if you had enough resources to invest in the project, Click on one of the 6 social media sites for details on how scholars used the site.

ProfHacker: Teaching, tech, and productivity

http://www.chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker

This is a long-standing blog on technology that appears in the Chronicle of Higher Education Monday-Friday every week. It has a large staff of talented writers who have varied interests in the broad field of higher education. The editors encourage readers to contribute links and ideas, http://www.chronicle.com/page/About-ProfHacker/646/

LibGuiides for scholarly identity and related topics:

“LibGuides. Research Impact Visibility. Researcher Profiles.” Ultrecht University Library. Accessed November 2, 2014.

by Jeroen Bosman, Bianca Kramer

http://libguides.library.uu.nl/researchimpact/profiles

http://libguides.library.uu.nl/content.php?pid=310987sid=3058269

The organization and content of this site is clear and very well documented. The topic is introduced with a useful overview that does a good job of describing both author metrics and article metrics, two subjects with much room for confusion. Unfortunately, there is a good bit of scrolling on the pages but that is a minor problem compared to the richness of the content.

Create and Manage an Online Scholarly Presence

by Lisa Hinchliffe

http://guides.library.illinois.edu/onlinepresence

This is a highly influential libguide on the topic of online scholarly presence. Lisa is Professor/Coordinator for Information Literacy Services and Instruction in the University Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is also an affiliate faculty member in the University’s Graduate School of Library and Information Science. A must read on the topic.

Scholarly and Professional Image Online

University of New Mexico Libraries

http://libguides.unm.edu/scholarlyimageonline

Clear and easy to navigate, this brief libguide is laser-focused on academic online identity especially as it effects and reflects the visibility of the scholar's research. The further readings section is particularly useful.

Scholarly publishing: Introduction

George Washing University, Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library

http://libguides.gwumc.edu/scholarlypub/intro

This libguide is very interesting as it comes out of the health sciences field, and takes a comprehensive look at both traditional and innovative scholarly publishing. One of the most interesting sections is on predatory publishing. This guide hits all the important topics in a thorough and thoughtful manner.

Link to the section on predatory publishing

http://libguides.gwumc.edu/scholarlypub/predatory_publishing

Publisher guides for authors:

Oxford University Press, Social media for authors

https://academic.oup.com/journals/pages/authors/social_media

Elsevier, Journal authors

https://www.elsevier.com/authors/journal-authors

References:

Aventurier, P. (2012) Academic social networks: challenges and opportunities. Retrieved from https://www.slideshare.net/paventurier/academic-social-networks-challenges-and-opportunities

Goodier, S., Czerniewicz, L. (2012) Academics’ Online Presence: A four-step guide to taking control of your visibility. OpenUCT Initiative: University of Cape Town, SA. Retrieved from https://open.uct.ac.za/bitstream/handle/11427/2652/GoodierOnlinePresenceV3.pdf?sequence=11

Jordan, K. (2013) Academics and their online networks: Exploring the role of academic social networking sites. Presentation at the Association for Learning Technology Conference (ALT-C), 11th September 2013, University of Nottingham, UK. Retrieved from https://www.slideshare.net/katyjordan148/altc-slides-20130911

Lupton, D. (2014). ‘Feeling Better Connected’: Academics’ Use of Social Media. Canberra: News Media Research Centre, University of Canberra. Retrieved from https://www.canberra.edu.au/about-uc/faculties/arts-design/attachments2/pdf/n-and-mrc/Feeling-Better-Connected-report-final.pdf

Mangan, K. (2012). “Social Networks for Academics Proliferate, Despite Some Doubts.” The Chronicle of Higher Education. http://chronicle.com/article/Social-Networks-for-Academics/131726/.

Priem, J., Bar-Ilan, J., Haustein, S. Peters, I., Shema, H., Terliesner, J. (2012). Scholars are quickly moving toward a universe of web-native communication. Retrieved from http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2012/06/18/altmetrics-2-priem-web-native-communication/

Scholar profiles, diverse and interesting:

Michael B. Duignan: The Olympic Researcher

https://olympicresearcher.wordpress.com/category/university-teaching-resources/becoming-a-digital-academic-series-2014/

Tracy Elizabeth

http://www.tracy-elizabeth.com/

Laura Pasquini: techKNOWStools

https://techknowtools.wordpress.com/

Clint Smith

http://www.clintsmithiii.com/

George Veletsianos: A place to log ideas and thoughts

http://www.veletsianos.com/

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