Organize your online identity
Shawna ReiblingKnoweldge mobilization officer, ORS@LaurierResearchOctober 24, 2013
Agenda
1. Definitions and Questions to consider
2. Discussion of online identity
3. Case studies: organizational diagrams
4. Checklist
5. How to share your digital CV
Digital Identity
Digital identity… a set of data that uniquely
describes a person or a thing and contains
information about the subject's relationships to
other entities.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_identity
Online CV
Online/digital CV… a version of your CV that
guides a viewer through your work experience,
papers, etc. in a systematic, non-linear way using
online tools.
Questions to consider
• Do I need a online presence?
• Am I ready to be digitally social?
• What is my online presence?
• Am I starting from scratch?
• Precautions & opportunities …
• Who am I trying to reach?
• What do I want people to know about me?
• How much time can I spend online?
• What resources do I have?
Questions to consider 2
Your Online Identity
• What does your email address say about you?
• What does your online name say about you?
• What do you want your
online identity to be?
• Is this for professional or personal use?
@MrsKutcher
Why am I crafting a digital identity?
• Knowledge mobilization: Moving research knowledge into active service
• Feedback on ideas• What are others in your field working on today?• Real-time conversation and network exchange • Resource sharing • Immediate awareness of information• Conferences? Contacts? Partnerships?• Event promotion?
Your Digital Identity
Case studies: Organizational diagrams
Consistent identity message
blog
Best of blog
delicious
flickr
Dissertation
Researchpapers
Scholarlypublications
myspace
Webpage
How to share your identity
Julie Mueller: Laurier Page
Julie Mueller: Links
Julie Mueller: External
Julie Mueller: External
Julie Mueller: External
Julie Mueller: Google Profile
Julie Mueller: Scholar search
• Laurier Page• Laurier lab page/
personal page• Blog Page• Scholars Commons • MakeItHappenWLU
• Twitter feed• Media links
Julie Mueller: Elements
• Twitter Accounts• Personal• lab
• LinkedIn profile• Google Scholar
profile
Julie Mueller: Elements
Laurier webpage
Laurier lab page Blog
Scholars Commons
MakeithappenWLU
lab twitter feed
Media links
Work/ Personal twitter
Google Scholar Profile
Blog
Labtwitter
Twitter on Laurier webpage
wlu.ca/research/food or
www.wlu.ca/homepage.php?grp_id=896
Findable Laurier webpage
wlu.ca/childlab
Childlab on Facebook
Kotsopoulos vs. childlab
Kotsopoulos vs. childlab
Checklist
Identity checklist
• Step 1. What is your identity?• Step 2. What do you want to share?• Step 3. Who do you want to share it with?• Step 4. Evaluate your Laurier webpage• Step 5. Create your online publication identity
(Google scholar, Scholar’s Commons, ORCID)• Step 6. Engage in social media (if you want to)
Choosing an Identity
• What name do you currently use?(if any)
• For Twitter: choose something short
• Do you use mobile devices? Is it easy to type?
• Can you get a persistent alias
Figure out your identity
What do you want to share?
• Catalogue what you have and where it is
• Organize it
Who will you share with?
• Create a “user profile”– Where are they?
• Find where you want to update
Evaluate your Laurier webpage
• www.wlu.ca/faculty/name
• i.e. wlu.ca/education/kmoreno
• wlu.ca/childlab
• Do you want it static or do you want to use its features?
Which citation gives “further reading” options?
Slide via [email protected]
Google Scholar in action
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Create online publication identity: Google Scholar
• Step 1. go to www.google.com/profiles• Step 2. Follow these instructions:
www.wikihow.com/Create-a-Google-Profile
Create online publication identity: Scholars CommonsScholars Commons @ Laurier is an online collection of the intellectual, creative, and scholarly output of the Wilfrid Laurier University community. Scholars Commons creates a consolidated Web presence for the dissemination, promotion, and preservation of research and scholarly publishing at Laurier.
The goal is to support open scholarly communication, collaboration, and lasting visibility and recognition for Laurier scholarship.
Create online publication identity: Scholars Commons• Step 1. Go to scholars.wlu.ca/• Step 2. click on ‘My Account’
Researchers should also register with ORCID ID
• ThomsonReuters• Elsevier• Springer• Wiley • Wellcombe Trust
Engage in Social Media
Listen before starting a
conversation
Privacy Settings
• Set them up well
• They change
• Test them regularly
Help Others Find You
• Be consistent• Claim your space• Be recognizable• Start walking!• Profiles• ePortfolio• Blog• Domains
Photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sludgeulper/
Ask others & Talk about it
Add to email signature
Add to Business cards
Write it on your name tag
Share your user names