RAFIA MIRZA
@LIBRARIANRAFIA
DIGITAL HUMANITIES LIBRARIAN
RAFIA@UTA.EDU
Your Digital Identity:
Social Media & Online Presence
COLA: Ph.D. and MFA Welcome Orientation
Friday, August 19, 2016
Social Media & Online Presence
• Social Media Explained
• Manage your digital identity
• Represent yourself online
• Maintaining your rights
Note: Some images included under Fair Use, all original content licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
SOCIAL MEDIA EXPLAINED
Image via http://www.fredcavazza.net/
Image via Shannon at AddThis
Articles:
• Getting started with Twitter
• 10 Commandments of Twitter for Academics
• ProfHacker: Tag Archives: Twitter
• The Academic Advantages of Twitter
Conferences and #:
• Virtual MLA
• Conference Season Is Here. Don’t Stink at Twitter.
Discussions:
• Defining terms: #altac
• Introducing #critlib chats!
Conferences and #:
• Virtual MLA & MLA twitter
• Conference Season Is Here. Don’t Stink at Twitter.
Alt-Metrics
What are Alt-metrics?
Image: Altmetrics: Using Big Data to Measure Scholarly Impact by Elaine Lasda Bergman
MANAGE YOUR DIGITAL IDENTITY
“These are episodes in
which distinct social
worlds collide online,
causing outpourings of
drama.”
The Internet of Words
by Ted Striphas
Context Collapse
Image: Context Collapse via Glenn Zucman
how “context collapse” was coined: my
[danah boyd] recollection
Privacy Settings
• How to Delete Yourself from the Internet
• How to Manage Your Social Media Privacy Settings
• Make Your Facebook Profile More Private in 6 Easy Steps
Disambiguation
REPRESENT YOURSELF ONLINE
There are a variety of platforms:
“ResearchGate to locate peers
(often in the sciences),
Academia.edu to post work (often
in the humanities and social
sciences) and LinkedIn to search for
jobs (in alt-ac fields).”
Platforms
Image: Online Communities, by Randall Munroe (xkcd) is lilicensed under CC-BY-NC.
Institutional Repositories:
• RESEARCH COMMONS
Other Discipline or Topic related
Repositories:
• figshare
• Mendeley
• MyScienceWork
• SSRN
• HAL
• arXiv
• viXra
• Quartzy
• PLOS ONE
• GITHUB
Digital Humanities on GitHub
Digital Humanities on Academia.edu
Resume
Creating Your Web Presence: A Primer for Academics
Impact Challenge
• “Upgrade your professional
visibility by conquering
social media
• Boost your readership and
citations by getting your
work online
• Stay atop your field’s latest
developments with
automated alerts
• Lock in the key connections
with colleagues that’ll
boost your career
• and Dazzle evaluators with
comprehensive tracking
and reporting on your own
impacts.”
Via ImpactStory
MAINTAINING YOUR RIGHTS
Poster Presentation:
Dr. Laurel Smith Stvan’s Research Commons Profile
Copyright & Author’s Rights
“The Author" by streetwrk.com is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0
Thesis and Dissertation Information
Dissertation
QUESTIONS?
Rafia Mirza
@librarianrafia
Digital Humanities Librarian
rafia@uta.edu

Your Digital Identity: Social Media & Online Presence

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    RAFIA MIRZA @LIBRARIANRAFIA DIGITAL HUMANITIESLIBRARIAN RAFIA@UTA.EDU Your Digital Identity: Social Media & Online Presence COLA: Ph.D. and MFA Welcome Orientation Friday, August 19, 2016
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    Social Media &Online Presence • Social Media Explained • Manage your digital identity • Represent yourself online • Maintaining your rights Note: Some images included under Fair Use, all original content licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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    Articles: • Getting startedwith Twitter • 10 Commandments of Twitter for Academics • ProfHacker: Tag Archives: Twitter • The Academic Advantages of Twitter Conferences and #: • Virtual MLA • Conference Season Is Here. Don’t Stink at Twitter. Discussions: • Defining terms: #altac • Introducing #critlib chats!
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    Conferences and #: •Virtual MLA & MLA twitter • Conference Season Is Here. Don’t Stink at Twitter.
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    Alt-Metrics What are Alt-metrics? Image:Altmetrics: Using Big Data to Measure Scholarly Impact by Elaine Lasda Bergman
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    “These are episodesin which distinct social worlds collide online, causing outpourings of drama.” The Internet of Words by Ted Striphas Context Collapse Image: Context Collapse via Glenn Zucman how “context collapse” was coined: my [danah boyd] recollection
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    Privacy Settings • Howto Delete Yourself from the Internet • How to Manage Your Social Media Privacy Settings • Make Your Facebook Profile More Private in 6 Easy Steps
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    There are avariety of platforms: “ResearchGate to locate peers (often in the sciences), Academia.edu to post work (often in the humanities and social sciences) and LinkedIn to search for jobs (in alt-ac fields).” Platforms Image: Online Communities, by Randall Munroe (xkcd) is lilicensed under CC-BY-NC. Institutional Repositories: • RESEARCH COMMONS Other Discipline or Topic related Repositories: • figshare • Mendeley • MyScienceWork • SSRN • HAL • arXiv • viXra • Quartzy • PLOS ONE • GITHUB
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    Resume Creating Your WebPresence: A Primer for Academics
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    Impact Challenge • “Upgradeyour professional visibility by conquering social media • Boost your readership and citations by getting your work online • Stay atop your field’s latest developments with automated alerts • Lock in the key connections with colleagues that’ll boost your career • and Dazzle evaluators with comprehensive tracking and reporting on your own impacts.” Via ImpactStory
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    Poster Presentation: Dr. LaurelSmith Stvan’s Research Commons Profile
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    Copyright & Author’sRights “The Author" by streetwrk.com is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0
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    Thesis and DissertationInformation Dissertation
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