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Using social media to enhance research discoverability:
Experiences of the International Livestock Research Institute
Tezira Lore
Communications Specialist
Presented at a workshop on discoverability of African scholarship online
Nairobi, Kenya
10 March 2014
Presentation outline
• Introducing CGIAR and ILRI
• Open Access repositories
• Using social media for research communication
• Monitoring use and impact
• Challenges and lessons learned
CGIAR: Research for a food secure future
www.cgiar.org
CGIAR Consortium conducts
food and environmental
research to help
alleviate poverty and
increase food security,
health and nutrition
while protecting the natural
resource base
ILRI: Better lives through livestock
www.ilri.org
• ILRI is a member of the
CGIAR Consortium
• ILRI envisions a world made
better for poor people in
developing countries by
improving agricultural
systems in which livestock
are important
• ILRI works in all tropical
developing regions of Africa
and Asia
“ILRI is creating and integrating knowledge to enable
diverse partners to find innovative solutions to make
livestock a sustainable pathway out of poverty”
ILRI’s value proposition
CGSpace and Mahider
Open Access repositories
CGIAR Open Access and data management policy
• Aim: All data and
research outputs open
and harvestable
• Open Access mandate
in place since Mar 2012
• Open Access and data
management policy
approved Oct 2013
• Implementation
guidelines being
developed
http://www.cgiar.org/resources/open
http://cgspace.cgiar.org
Mahider
• Since Oct 2009
• Now has 12,000+ items
• Dublin Core metadata
• AGROVOC
• Code is open source;
available on github
http://github.com/ilri/DSpace
Social media as part of ILRI’s
communications strategy
Blogs for project news and updates
http://aghealth.wordpress.com/news
Wikis
http://africa-rising.wikispaces.com/
Posters and presentations on Slideshare
Tags help
readers to
discover
work on a
particular
topic
Use Delicious to aggregate & curate content…
RSS: really simple syndication
… then publish content on various platforms
Blog widget Twitter Facebook
‘Capture once, re-use often’: Embed content
Explore social media tools at ILRI
Blogs, websites, wikis, repositories
http://www.ilri.org/ring
Twitter
http://twitter.com/ilri
Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/ILRIFanPage
Posters and presentations
http://www.slideshare.net/ilri and http:/prezi.com/user/ilri
Photos on Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ilri
Films and videos
http://www.ilri.org/ilrifilms
Podcasts
http://ilri.podomatic.com
Monitoring use and impact
DSpace stats
View stats in Google Fusion Tables
Web and social media views: 2009-2013
Overall views of web services: 2009-2013
Composition of views of web services
2010-2013
Some challenges
• Power dynamics: need to give up control
• Streamlining DSpace work flows
• Monitoring feedback on multiple platforms
Closing thoughts
• Usage guidelines help to ensure consistency
• Put content where people can find it
• Boost search engine optimization
• Social media: engagement is key
Acknowledgements
Special thanks to my colleagues from the
Knowledge Management and Information
Services unit for their untiring support 
- Team Mahider: Abeba, Abenet, Bizuwork, Peter
- DSpace ‘techies’: Alan, Sisay
- Blog & wiki admin: Tsehay
All photos: ILRI
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ilri
The presentation has a Creative Commons licence. You are free to re-use or distribute this work, provided credit is given to ILRI.
better lives through livestock
ilri.org

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Using social media to enhance research discoverability: Experiences of the International Livestock Research Institute

  • 1. Using social media to enhance research discoverability: Experiences of the International Livestock Research Institute Tezira Lore Communications Specialist Presented at a workshop on discoverability of African scholarship online Nairobi, Kenya 10 March 2014
  • 2. Presentation outline • Introducing CGIAR and ILRI • Open Access repositories • Using social media for research communication • Monitoring use and impact • Challenges and lessons learned
  • 3. CGIAR: Research for a food secure future www.cgiar.org CGIAR Consortium conducts food and environmental research to help alleviate poverty and increase food security, health and nutrition while protecting the natural resource base
  • 4. ILRI: Better lives through livestock www.ilri.org • ILRI is a member of the CGIAR Consortium • ILRI envisions a world made better for poor people in developing countries by improving agricultural systems in which livestock are important • ILRI works in all tropical developing regions of Africa and Asia
  • 5. “ILRI is creating and integrating knowledge to enable diverse partners to find innovative solutions to make livestock a sustainable pathway out of poverty” ILRI’s value proposition
  • 6. CGSpace and Mahider Open Access repositories
  • 7. CGIAR Open Access and data management policy • Aim: All data and research outputs open and harvestable • Open Access mandate in place since Mar 2012 • Open Access and data management policy approved Oct 2013 • Implementation guidelines being developed http://www.cgiar.org/resources/open
  • 9. Mahider • Since Oct 2009 • Now has 12,000+ items • Dublin Core metadata • AGROVOC • Code is open source; available on github http://github.com/ilri/DSpace
  • 10. Social media as part of ILRI’s communications strategy
  • 11. Blogs for project news and updates http://aghealth.wordpress.com/news
  • 13. Posters and presentations on Slideshare Tags help readers to discover work on a particular topic
  • 14. Use Delicious to aggregate & curate content…
  • 15. RSS: really simple syndication … then publish content on various platforms Blog widget Twitter Facebook
  • 16. ‘Capture once, re-use often’: Embed content
  • 17. Explore social media tools at ILRI Blogs, websites, wikis, repositories http://www.ilri.org/ring Twitter http://twitter.com/ilri Facebook http://www.facebook.com/ILRIFanPage Posters and presentations http://www.slideshare.net/ilri and http:/prezi.com/user/ilri Photos on Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/ilri Films and videos http://www.ilri.org/ilrifilms Podcasts http://ilri.podomatic.com
  • 19. DSpace stats View stats in Google Fusion Tables
  • 20. Web and social media views: 2009-2013
  • 21. Overall views of web services: 2009-2013
  • 22. Composition of views of web services 2010-2013
  • 23. Some challenges • Power dynamics: need to give up control • Streamlining DSpace work flows • Monitoring feedback on multiple platforms
  • 24. Closing thoughts • Usage guidelines help to ensure consistency • Put content where people can find it • Boost search engine optimization • Social media: engagement is key
  • 25. Acknowledgements Special thanks to my colleagues from the Knowledge Management and Information Services unit for their untiring support  - Team Mahider: Abeba, Abenet, Bizuwork, Peter - DSpace ‘techies’: Alan, Sisay - Blog & wiki admin: Tsehay All photos: ILRI http://www.flickr.com/photos/ilri
  • 26. The presentation has a Creative Commons licence. You are free to re-use or distribute this work, provided credit is given to ILRI. better lives through livestock ilri.org