This document discusses how social media can be used effectively by researchers to create, communicate, connect, and curate information. It encourages researchers to start a blog to share their practice, expertise, and passionate views. It also emphasizes connecting with others in one's network through Twitter by tweeting about your work and interests. Additionally, the document notes that having an online presence and digital identity is important professionally in this era, and quality of engagement matters more than number of accounts. Contact information is provided for further information.

1. Social Media: engaging as a networked researcher'

3. Create
Communicate
Connect
Curate
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4. Create
Contribute

5. Every researcher should have a blog!

6. http://www.flickr.com/photos/s-t-r-a-n-g-e/2806781350
show that you care
personal voice
passionate views
Sharing of practice & expertise

7. Communicate
& Connect
connecting yourself to the network

8. What on earth should I tweet about?

9. Curate

10. Share
Create
Communicate
Curate
Connect

11. have you ever done a web search for your name?

12. photo by Flickr ID Affendaddy
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profile
raising
from you to us

13. social
not
personal
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14. it’s a socio-professional era
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15. identity is distributed
but connected
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16. it’s not about how many accounts
you manage to create
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17. rather how and where you
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18. Social Media for researchers (RIN) http://tinyurl.com/SMResearchers
Handbook of social media for researchers and supervisors
http://tinyurl.com/vitaeSMR
Digital Scholar (M. Weller) http://tinyurl.com/digitalscholarMW
Emma Gillaspy Slideshare (VITAE)
http://www.slideshare.net/vitaenwhub
Twitter in university research, teaching, and impact activities (LSE)
http://tinyurl.com/TwitterGuideLSE
Links

19. Dr Cristina Costa
cristina.costa@strath.ac.uk
@cristinacost
www.knowmansland.com
Slides available at: http://www.slideshare.net/cristinacost