9. •Most popular social media platform
•Largest facial recognition database in the world
•Most users visit site daily
•Status updates
•Share:
•Photos
•Videos
•Links
13. LINKEDIN
•“the social media site for professionals who
hate social media”
•Provides a home for online identity
•Professional networking
•Provides space for CV & photo
•Professional discussion groups
18. WHY SHOULD YOU ENGAGE IN SOCIAL MEDIA?
•Networking
•Keeping current
•Visibility
•Credibility
•Engagement
19. NETWORKING
How to Use Blogging and
Social Media To Grow Your
Professional Network;
http://www.huffingtonpost
.com/michael-b-
fishbein/how-to-use-
blogging-and-
22. CREDIBILITY
Social media is changing the scholarly arena
Attempt At P ≠ NP Proof Gets Torn Apart Online;
http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/12/fuzzy-math/
24. INFLUENCE
Personal examples:
•Seven webinars this
calendar year on our
Library’s 3D printer-
heavily promoted on
Twitter
•Reputation Management
•I am the go-to
person in health
sciences libraries on
these topics
25. IMPORTANCE OF ONLINE IDENTITY
•Lack of digital presence is suspicious
•Altmetrics *
•Reputation Management *
•I give presentations on these topics
26. SOCIAL MEDIAAND THE IVORY TOWER
Excerpt from
interview with
researchers
Stephen Danley
and Lia Howard
http://www.newsworks.or
g/index.php/local/the-
pulse/44868-good-bye-
ivory-tower-hello-social-
media-academics-
struggle-to-make-ideas-
accessible
29. RESOURCES
• Pew Internet & American Life Project
• http://www.pewinternet.org/
• TeachThought
– http://www.teachthought.com/twitter-hashtags-for-
teacher/
• Excerpt from interview with researchers Stephen Danley
and Lia Howard
• http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/the-
pulse/44868-good-bye-ivory-tower-hello-social-media-
academics-struggle-to-make-ideas-accessible
30. RESOURCES, CONT’D
• Attempt At P ≠ NP Proof Gets Torn Apart Online;
http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/12/fuzzy-math/
•How to Use Blogging and Social Media To Grow Your Professional
Network; http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-b-
fishbein/how-to-use-blogging-and-s_b_5037120.html
• 3D Printing and BioPrinting in Healthcare;
http://www.pinterest.com/rosefirerising/3d-printing-bioprinting-
in-healthcare/