increase your research competitiveness using web 2.0 tools
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In this talk (60th ICREA Colloquium, 11/03/2014) I summarised the benefits which can be gained from use of social media (specially blogs and Twitter) to support research activities. According to some authors there is evidence that using social media can be really beneficial to increase the impact of research papers, get new information, engage with fellow researchers and meet new collaborators, among others utilities. So I provided examples of blogs, Twitter and other resources as tools for scientific communication, as well as discussed their implications for digital scholarship.TRANSCRIPT
Increase your research competitiveness using Web 2.0 tools
60th ICREA Colloquium 11 March 2014
Xavier Lasauca i Cisa@xavierlasauca
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From the kingdom of the Apes…
…to the supremacy of the homo digitalishttp://estrellaenelsol.blogspot.com.es/2010_08_01_archive.html
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Alternative metrics (Altmetrics)
http://article-level-metrics.plos.org/
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#Create#Comunicate#ConnectShare!
#Create
Science Blogging as a New Form of Engaging with Science http://www.flickr.com/photos/kcclaveria
Motive A: Visibility Motive B: Networking Motive C: Informationincrease own impact connect with peers be up to datebe found by peers and other stakeholders
stay in touch with colleagues
be part of a conversation
present self/own work be(come) part of a community anticipate trends
Source: (Micro)blogging Science? Notes on Potentials and Constraints of New Forms of Scholarly Communication, by Cornelius Puschmann
Example motives of science bloggers
http://sociologicalimagination.org/archives/13910
It increases your visibility within academia.
It increases your visibility outside academia.
It increases your visibility more than a static site.
It’s a great way of making connections.
It makes it easier for people to find your published work.
It’s a great way to promote events and call for papers.
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http://rrresearch.fieldofscience.com/
The purpose of keeping the blog is to give me a semi-public place to describe the ongoing process of doing and thinking about my lab’s research. I hope I’ll use itto describe/explain (mainly to myself) the scientific issues I'm thinking about:
- what experiments we’ve done
- what the results were if they worked (or possible explanations for why they didn’t work)
- what experiments I think we might do or should do when time and resources permit.
http://rrresearch.fieldofscience.com/2010/12/arsenic-associated-bacteria-nasas.html
http://presence-thoughts.blogspot.com.es/
JesterLuboš MotlMatt StrasslerMatti PitkanenPeter WoitPhilip GibbsT. DorigoZapperZ
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2012/02/24/five-minutes-patrick-dunleavy-chris-gilson/
Sure-fire tips for academic bloggers working to improve their craft
1) Remember the Web is a network, not a single-track railway line – and not everyone
uses the web in the same way. So once you have a blog post, do everything you can to get the key content out to diverse readerships who want to see it. Post your links to Twitter (several times,
at different times of the day) and Facebook. Let people subscribe by RSS or email.
2) Talk to your readers. Encourage people to comment (but only
post their comments after moderation) and respond to comments and to Tweets. Talk to people on Twitter and Facebook when they discuss your work. And be reciprocal, open-minded and fair in sharing your content with others and linking to their work – improving the public understanding of social science is a huge collective good for all social scientists. We can all flourish together in the new paradigm for academic work.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boulevard_der_Stars_2012_Blogger.jpg
#Comunicate
The uses of Twitter for Science
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2012/04/19/blog-tweeting-papers-worth-it/
http://library.queensu.ca/ojs/index.php/IEE/article/view/4625/4830
• Connect• Develop ideas• Disseminate
The role of Twitter in the life cycle of a scientific publication
• Start: to generate new ideas
• Manuscript: pre-review of works in progress.
• Published: communicate research to a broad audience that can amplify the scientific and social impact of publications.
• Major funding boards are starting to value the social media impact of the research values.
theconversation.com (nicolasjon)
https://twitter.com/nlbigas
A researcher’s Twitter profile
Timeline (TL)
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An influencer
http://blogs.plos.org/scied/2013/08/19/twitter-for-sci-ed-part-1-teaching-in-140-characters-or-less/
Reason #1: Twitter has very direct, and very relevant implications for those in Public Health
Reason #2: It’s a great way to get information you otherwise wouldn’t
Reason #3: At conferences, Twitter is invaluable for stimulating discussion and finding out what is happening in other sessions
Reason #4: For lecturers, Twitter can contribute to discussions and deepen understanding
Reason #5: The way we translate information is changing
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The Importance of Being Hashtag
Example of hashtag (#genomics)
Using hashtags in conferences (#EPSHEP)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AiftIdjCeWSXdDRLRzNsVktUUGJpRWJhdUlWLS1Genc#gid=0
Twitter chats
http://www.flickr.com/photos/72211347@N00/327122302#
I am a researcher and I am on Twitter… Now what?
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2011/09/29/twitter-guide/
http://www.lwec.org.uk/sites/default/files/TwitterTips.pdf
7 top twitter tips for academics
1 Tweet yourself, your projects and your institution
2 Don’t just wait for people to find you: actively
promote your twitter stream
3 Work on your signal-noise ratio
4 Get your timing right
5 Use Twitter as part of a wider social media and
communications strategy
6 Constantly refine your practice
7 Remember it’s all about relationships
#Connect
• Linkedin• Google +• Facebook
• Researchgate• Academia.edu
General networks Specific networks
Share!
Articles and presentations (Slideshare, issuu)
Social bookmarking (Delicious, Diigo)
Images (flickr, Instagram) and videos (YouTube)
Bibliographic data management (Zotero, Mendeley)
Slideshare
http://www.slideshare.net/xavierlasauca
Strategy• Define objectives about online presence (as individual researcher or research group)
• Explore the tools and choose the most appropriate
• Develop your network
• Encourage feedback and discussion
ICREA researcher
Blog
Slideshare
Personal brand
+Visibility+Impact+Reach+Online reputation+Prestige+Influence
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http://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/23things/
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Government 2.0
Secretariat for Universities and Research in social media
Secretariat for Universities and Research(Ministry of Economy and Knowledge)@coneixementcat
Directorate General for Research@recercat
Directorate General for Universities@universitatscat
@recercat on Twitter & Facebook
https://twitter.com/recercat
https://www.facebook.com/recercat
Portada recercat
RECERCAT
http://www.gencat.cat/economia/ur/serveis/recercat/index.html
Social media: Why? • To disseminate our publications (RECERCAT)
• To publish announcements of scholarships and research grants
• To disseminate news/updates on the Secretariat institutional website
• For press releases
• For live broadcast of events
• To disseminate events, awards, scholarships, publications and other information related to the agents of Catalan science and technology system
Conclusions
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Xavier Lasauca i CisaDirectorate General for Research
Ministry of Economy and KnowledgeGeneralitat de Catalunya
www.xavierlasauca.cat@xavierlasauca