Presentation to METRO Annual Meeting - January 15, 2013 - "science@columbia - Fostering a Scientific Community in the Archipelago"

1. science@columbia
Fostering a Scientific Community
in the Archipelago
Jeffrey Lancaster
Emerging Technologies Coordinator
Science & Engineering Libraries, Columbia University Libraries
jeffrey.lancaster@columbia.edu
October 29, 2012
January 15, 2013

2. science@columbia
Fostering a Scientific Community
in the Archipelago
Chemistry
Mathematics
Engineering
Astronomy Biology
Psychology
Geology
Physics
Geosciences

3. Problem
1. Identity 2. Community 3. Interdisciplinarity
Why should a library undertake these problems?
• Outreach
• Expertise in curation
• New skills, new expertise
• Something new to ‘sell’
• Unexpected connections

4. Problem
blogs facebook
twitter twitter
announcements websites
news email
publications
lectures
seminars highlights
newsletters grant reporting
events outreach
saved searches

5. Platform?

6. 5 reasons I like
1. Media types

7. 5 reasons I like
1. Media types
2. Public and/or Internal

8. 5 reasons I like
1. Media types
2. Public and/or Internal
3. RSS feeds out
feed://columbiascience.tumblr.com/rss

9. 5 reasons I like
1. Media types
2. Public and/or Internal
3. RSS feeds out
4. Submission

10. 5 reasons I like
1. Media types
2. Public and/or Internal
3. RSS feeds out
4. Submission
5. Moderation, curation

11. 5 more reasons I like
1. Media types
2. Public and/or Internal
3. RSS feeds out
4. Submission
5. Moderation, curation
6. Post queue
7. Custom design: built-in .html, .css editor
8. Google analytics integration
9. Flexible #tagging
10. Plays well with others (API)

12. Problem
blogs facebook
twitter twitter
announcements websites
news email
publications
lectures
seminars highlights
newsletters grant reporting
events outreach
saved searches

13. Problem

14. ifttt.com – if THIS then THAT
if trigger then action .
post to post to
if [ facebook ] then [ twitter ].
check in email
if [ at airport ] then [ Mom ].
RSS item add to
if [ starred ] then [ draft post ].
RSS item add to
if [ tagged ] then [ googledoc ].

15. ifttt.com – if THIS then THAT
if trigger then action .
if then .
post to facebook post to twitter
if then .
check in at airport email Mom
if then .
RSS item starred add to draft post
if then .
RSS item tagged add to googledoc

16. ifttt.com – if THIS then THAT
A good guide to what apps you should know/use

17. Problem
#tags

19. Output & Opportunities
• EVP of Research
• Alumni Outreach
• NSF/NIH Grants – outreach with metrics/analytics
• Improvements to research workflows (via ifttt)
This is still a work in progress, but:
• People are getting excited by the possibilities of a central place to
develop this type of community
• Launching from ‘beta’ in the Spring semester

20. science@columbia
Fostering a Scientific Community
in the Archipelago
Jeffrey Lancaster
Emerging Technologies Coordinator
Science & Engineering Libraries, Columbia University Libraries
jeffrey.lancaster@columbia.edu
October 29, 2012
January 15, 2013