The Story
Scientists harness Social Media
for their research!
London Online - Web 2.0 After the Buzz
December 2008
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Scientific Content 1.0

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Tools

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Collaboration & Interaction
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2collab
Power research productivity through collaboration
Discover
new sources, people, groups, discussions
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Connect
identify new collaboration opportunities, specialists

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Share
privately with your research group, or with everyone

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Current use of social applications
Faculty of tomorrow (people currently aged 25-44, published 1-10 articles) are already
embracing social applications to aggregate and share scientific and technical
information

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Noise reduction!
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Privacy - Security - Trust
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It’s all about people and it’s about me
- Connect with users that
share same interests, who
participate in exciting
discussions, who
published or bookmarked
relevant articles for your
research

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2collab – profile your research

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It’s all about relevance
What resources are
others sharing in your
research field
What words are they
using to describe
those resources

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research productivity …share
- Install the
browser button
and with one click
capture all article
metadata

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research productivity …discover
What other groups are
researching my field?
And what are they
sharing and discussing?

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research productivity …share
3 types of groups:
Open public group -
visible and open to
join for everyone
Closed public group
– visible and
permission based
joining
Private group - only
visible to invited
members

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2collab
Power research productivity through collaboration
Advance research via experts
• Increase visibility/
discoverability of own
published papers, express
and discuss current
interests
• Connect readers with
authors and vice versa
• A gateway to who’s citing
me and my papers

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Research 2.0 into the future
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Web 2.0 after the buzz
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Impact in the next 5 years?
In 5 years, over 50% of respondents see social applications playing a
key role in shaping nearly all aspects of research workflow

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The way up!
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Questions?
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Fabian Kersten
London Online - Web 2.0 After the Buzz
December 2008