Dr Karen McAulay: Brief presentation for 'Emerging Scholars' discussion panel. Event: Processes, Outcomes, Pathways and Products (POPP): a Scottish Practice-as-Research symposium

1. A Portfolio Career?
Karen McAulay
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

2. Portfolio, but not freelance

3. Parallel Tracks
Sometimes parallel, but …. … sometimes they converge

4. 1.5 PhDs?
• Ph(D)
• Postgrad Diploma in Librarianship
• Librarianship
• PhD
»Conference papers/articles
• Book
• AHRC part-time postdoc

5. Adjusting …
Librarian Researcher

6. Thinking outside the box
• … or no box at all

7. Practice-based Research
• ‘Bass Culture in Scottish Musical Traditions’
• Study of historical materials to inform today’s
trad music practitioners
• And my PhD? Well, I’ve arranged some song-
tunes into modern settings …

8. Social media & self-promotion
• Network!
• Be active in organisations
• Write reviews
• SOCIAL MEDIA
• I blog & tweet. Barely use Facebook & LinkedIn
• I use Academia.edu (thinking person’s Facebook)
• MY BLOGS
• Library (Whittakerlive.blogspot.com)
• Book (TrueImaginaryFriends.blogspot.com)
• CPD (AirsAndGracesCPD.blogspot.com)
• Guest-blog (invited – or offer your services)

9. YOU are your ‘product’
• So – get out there and promote it!