The networks session from the Digital researcher event. By Tristram Hooley 15 March 2010, British Library

1. Networks, online networks and maximising your effectiveness Tristram Hooley

9. Issac Newton seeing farther than others, because he is standing on shoulders of giants. Edmund Halley yes but you also stood side by side with some of us. Richard Bentley and we corresponded about your work when I lectured on Newtonian physics.

11. How do networks work? Not like this

12. How do networks work?

17. Manage your online networks Online network Number of contacts Profile Twitter 400 Mainly work with some personal stuff. Very active LinkedIn 40 All work. Not very active. Facebook 150 All personal. Fun but privacy settings locked down.

23. Use your network You Supervisor/PI Other researchers in your department Academics in your department Librarians Skills trainers Other researchers in your institution People you’ve met at conferences Friends and family People on the same listserve lists as you Academics whose work you have read