Helen Muir
Research Support Librarian
Queen Margaret University
hmuir@qmu.ac.uk
@hmuir (Twitter)
Why?
- current awareness
- collaboration
- public engagement
- REF impact
- knowledge exchange
It's more and more about the money...
Why not?
- lack of confidence
- no time
- no need
- data protection, confidentiality etc.
- commissioned for commercial use
- someone might steal my idea!
What? How? Where?
- the usual suspects: Facebook,
Twitter, Google +, LinkedIn etc,
blogs, wikis...
What is out there for researchers?
http://prezi.com/
http://edu.prezi.com/
http://www.slideshare.net/
What are researchers already doing with social media?
http://brightclubedinburgh.blogspot.com/
http://thecostofknowledge.com/
How can we help?
- links via library accounts
- repositories
- iTunesU etc.
and...
...show them how it's done!
Comments?
Questions?
www.researchgate.net/
www.researcherid.com/
http://academia.edu/
(cc) photo by theaucitron on Flickr
http://www.zotero.org/
http://www.mendeley.com/
Social media for researchers
(cc) photo by theaucitron on Flickr
Social Media for researchers