social media in research
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Social Media in Research:
Use more than just email to communicate.
Michelle Kraft MLS, AHIPSenior Medical LibrarianCleveland Clinic Alumni Library
Research Methods
Image courtesy Cameron Neylon presentation
Research Methods using Social Media
Google Docs
Tagging
Tagging
Blogs
Wikis
RSS
Social Media
Blogs & Wikis – notebooks Social Bookmarking – sharing sites & refs GoogleDocs – group writing & editing SlideShare – presentation repository Twitter – discussion RSS – news and search feeds
Blogs and Wikis
Communication platform– Article and news discussion– Trends profiling
An online notebook – Link out to external resources, protocols, data
Open or closed– In-house, password protected– Viewable by the public
Science & Research Blogs -News
MicrobiologyByteshttp://www.microbiologybytes.com/blog/
– Latest news about microbiology Peer-To-Peer
http://blogs.nature.com/peer-to-peer/– For peer-reviewers and about peer review
Professor Douglas Kell’s bloghttp://blogs.bbsrc.ac.uk/
– News, thoughts, and facts from Chief Executive of the BBSRC HUGO Matters
http://www.hugo-international.org/blog/– Discusses topics relevant to human genetics and genomics
Science & Research Blogs-News & Extra
Useful Chemistryhttp://usefulchem.blogspot.com/
– Chronicles research involving the synthesis of novel anti-malarial compounds. Closely tied to Useful Chemistry wiki
Cold Spring Harbor Protocolshttp://www.cshblogs.org/cshprotocols/
– Discusses current events in biology with emphasis on lab techniques, protocols are highlighted & discussed in detail
Science & Research Blogs-Lab Notes
Lab notes now more on wikis than blogs– Cameron Neylon
http://biolab.isis.rl.ac.uk/camerons_labblog– Michael Barton
http://www.michaelbarton.me.uk/research/
Science & Research Wikis
UsefulChem wikihttp://usefulchem.wikispaces.com/
– Synthesis of novel anti-malarial compounds, including experiments– Completely open
OBF wikihttp://www.open-bio.org/wiki/Main_Page
– Open Bioinformatics Foundation focused on supporting open source programming in bioinformatics
OpenWetWare http://openwetware.org/wiki/Main_Page
– Promotes sharing of information, know-how and wisdom among researchers & groups working in biology & biological engineering
– Partially open WikiPathways
http://www.wikipathways.org/index.php/WikiPathways– Dedicated to the curation of biological pathways
More Science & Research Wikis
Kochlab notebook wikihttp://bit.ly/3e7mkB
– DNA unzipping data analysis– Semi public, has private wiki
Rosania Research Group wikihttp://1cellpk.wikispaces.com/
– All lab notebooks of Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at University of Michigan College of Pharmacy
Yeast Genome wikihttp://wiki.yeastgenome.org/index.php/Main_Page
– Everything yeast including protocols, methods, reagents, strains
Social Bookmarking
A.K.A Tagging Similar to browser bookmarks
– On the web, accessible anywhere– Viewable to others– Include descriptors, metadata, etc.
Lots of tagging applications– Delicious– CiteULike– Connotea
Delicious
Early social bookmarking web service Very popular
– 5 million users– 150 million bookmarked URLs
Use any term to index sites Easy to use Easy to syndicate (RSS feed) Does NOT import to Endnote Does not support automatic import of journal
metadata
CiteULike
Intended to organize academic publications– designed specifically for scientists & scholars to share articles &
information Captures article metadata in RIS (EndNote compatible) Identifies how many people have bookmarked a
publication Collects data on potential number of readers not just citer Automatic import for JSTOR, PLoS, PubMed,
SpringerLink, ScienceDirect PDF uploading to repository
Connotea
Created by Nature Publishing Group– Similar to CiteULike but aimed specifically at scientists
Automatic import for BioMedCentral, PLoS, PubMed, Nature.com, Wiley Interscience
Captures article metadata in RIS (EndNote compatible) Can have spam problems Some don’t like the advertising OpenSource Group feature allows tagged sites to be uploaded to all
members of group No PDF uploading
GoogleDocs
Collaborative writing, editing, data sharing Edit in real time Complete History of Changes Editing conflict rare but easy to identify & fix Documents saved & exported as DOC, XLS,
CSV, ODS, ODF, BTF, RTF, HTML Sometimes has problems with images and
citations
SlideShare
Your presentation doesn’t end at the conference– Upload, share, view, download slides, PDF, Docs– Audio, video upload and sharing abilities– Embed slides into website– Private or public
Contact original authors
Common misconceptions– Waste of time– Place to spam, advertise– Only the self absorbed
1 in 5 American Internet users tweet Visits grew by 1382% in one year
– More popular than Facebook 228% growth 42% tweets from 35-49 year olds 62% access Twitter from work
– More popular than Facebook 228% growth
Method to network on the fly Share breaking news, information, articles Journal or association news, TOCs Create news & topic update feeds
– Need Twitter client Tweetie TweetDeck
Who is Tweeting?
NatureNews 4,197 followers NIH
– NIHforHealth 10,815 followers– NIHforFunding 1,275 followers
CellPressNews 1,196 followers NEJM 1,184 followers
Twitter in Conference Settings
Updates of events, speakers, presentations Logistical information Enhanced discussion
– Questions to presenters from off site– Discussions between attendees & non attendees– Links to presentations, pictures, & videos
Facebook: For Science
Nature Networkhttp://network.nature.com/
– Connect with colleagues Create a profile, describe yourself & your research, list
publications– Discuss science news and issues
Join forums on topics of interest– Science Blogs
Create your own, read others, post comments– Events and other information
Upcoming seminars, conferences, job listings
Information Overload?
Gathering Information
RSS: Online News Feeds
Almost Everything Has a Feed (RSS)
Blogs & wikis –notified of changes or new posts
PubMed, Scopus, WoS, etc. –search updates
Journals –news, TOCs Twitter –follow topics, groups, news
All That Glitters is not Gold
No Time– Already got too much on my plate
Mine– My idea, my data, my hard work– Don’t want to get scooped
Unfamiliarity Publishing and grant restrictions
– Data on Internet may be “already published”
Have It Your Way
Assess your wants and needs– Example: subscribe to Twitter to monitor specific topic news
and information Try one thing at a time
– Don’t try to blog, tweet, and a wiki all at once in the beginning
Let things build off each other– Example: RSS feeds can lead to tagging
Give things some time to find your legs– Email was once a new technology.
Questions?
http://www.slideshare.net/michellekraft/social-media-in-research
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