1. Social Media for Scholars
Lorin Flores, Information Literacy Coordinator
Lisa Ancelet, Head of Reference Services
Terrence Edwards, Reference Librarian
Texas State University San-Marcos
Albert B. Alkek Library
Presentation given at the Library Web 2.012 Virtual Conference October 3, 2012
2. What Type of Library Are You From?
a. Public
b. Academic
c. School
d. Special
e. I do not work in a library
Please use the polling feature on the left side of your screen to answer
3. An Introduction to Social Media
What is social networking/media?
For our purposes, “Social Media” encompasses social
networking sites, research & presentation tools with social
media elements, and other sites with interactive features.
Other definitions of “Social Media” may exist, but it is our
contention that the boundaries of these tools are
constantly being redefined by those using them.
As new sites and tools emerge, descriptive terminology
will continue to evolve.
4. Scholarly Social Media & Personal Research
Environments
movement toward personal learning & research
environments influenced by web 2.0 and
constructivist learning theory
in this research/learning model, students &
faculty collect, organize & evaluate information
drawn from different information streams as
well as creating their own virtual presences &
“exporting” their scholarly output
scholarly social media tools are being
incorporated into faculty and student personal
research environments
opportunities to teach scholarly social media
competencies that include aspects of
information literacy, digital literacy, visual
literacy, etc. (also known under the umbrella
term “Transliteracy”)
Image created by Dr. Ismael Pena-Lopez. Permission to use this image granted by Dr. Pena-Lopez.
5. Alternative Metrics & Peer Pressure
altmetrics is the creation and study of new metrics based
on the Social Web for analyzing, and informing
scholarship. http://altmetrics.org/about/
Why alternative metrics?
Because the traditional scholarship models are changing and
the value/impact of research must be measured in a more
relevant way…
6. Selected Social Media Categories
Bibliographic Management
Open Access Repositories
Presentation Tools
Alternative Metrics Tools/Apps
7. Do You Currently Use Social Media
for Research?
a. Yes
b. No
Please use the polling feature on the left side of your screen to answer
8. combines social networking and
interaction with bibliographic citation
management functions
free, but also has paid premium plans
has enhanced features such as .pdf
annotation, groups, and private groups
is accessible via web, desktop, and
mobile device applications
9. popular free bibliographic
management tool
can upgrade storage to varying
amounts for an annual fee
social features include groups and
user profiles
is accessible via web, Firefox
extension, and apps
10. currently has 1,928,438
users have added 1,595,660 papers
and listed 564,816 research interests
combines familiar features of
Facebook (user profiles) and Twitter
(the ability to follow others)
11. owned and operated by Cornell
University
funded by Cornell University Library and other
organizations
began with physics in 1991
most content is preprint research
submitted by the authors
independently moderated for
categorization within the site but not
peer-reviewed
12. web-based slide hosting service
supports PowerPoint, PDF, Keynote or
OpenOffice
free, but also offers a pro version
slides are public but can be private
presentations searchable & discoverable
shows trending presentations on
Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn
14. Alternative Metrics Tools
A great site for learning more about
alternative metrics research is
altmetrics.org in addition to the
resources linked below!
Impact Story PaperCritic
ReaderMeter PLoS Impact Explorer
ScienceCard Crowdometer
15. Other Sites of Note
CiteULike is a social networking, and organizational tool
ResearchGATE.net is specific to scholars in the sciences
Scholastica is a repository-style site for peer review and
publishing
16. Do you currently offer workshops for faculty
or students using any of the tools we’ve
discussed today?
a. Yes, faculty only
b. Yes, students only
c. Yes, both students and faculty
d. No, not at this time
Please use the polling feature on the left side of your screen to answer
17. Conclusion
Scholars can use social media to speed up the
distribution of research making it almost instant
(hours or days)
Current peer-review model takes 6 months – 2 years
These and other sites represent the future of the peer
review model in academia
One challenge for librarians will be keeping up with
the proliferation of tools
18. Questions
We will start with any questions asked during the
presentation.
You can also type your question into the chat area.
20. Selected References & Further
Reading
Bar-Ilan, J., Haustein, S., Peters, I., Priem, J., Shema, H., & Terliesner, J. (2012). Beyond citations:
Scholarsʼ visibility on the social Web, 14. Digital Libraries; Physics and Society, . Retrieved from
http://arxiv.org/abs/1205.5611
Bobish, G. (2011). Participation and pedagogy: Connecting the social web to ACRL learning
outcomes. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 37(1), 54-63. doi: 10.1016/j.acalib.2010.10.007
Hall, R.Social media for researchers Retrieved 9/26/2012, 2012, from
http://www.slideshare.net/RichardHall/social-media-for-researchers-11101137
Moccozet, L.Web2.0 personal research environment Retrieved 9/26/2012, 2012, from
http://www.slideshare.net/l_moccozet/web20-personal-research-environment
Pena-Lopez, I. Personal learning environments and the revolution of Vygotsky’s zone of proximal
development. Retrieved 9/26/2012, 2012, from http://ictlogy.net/20120831-personal-learning-
environments-and-the-revolution-of-vygotskys-zone-of-proximal-development/#comments
Priem, J., Piwowar, H. A., & Hemminger, B. M. (2012). Altmetrics in the wild: Using social media to
explore scholarly impact. CoRR, abs/1203.4745
J. Priem, D. Taraborelli, P. Groth, C. Neylon (2010), Altmetrics: A manifesto, (v.1.0), 26 October 2010.
http://altmetrics.org/manifesto
Szkolar, D.Social networking for academics and scholars Retrieved 9/26/2012, 2012, from
http://infospace.ischool.syr.edu/2012/06/21/social-networking-for-academics-and-scholars/
Notas do Editor
LORIN WILL INTRODUCE HERSELF AND THE MODERATOR AND OTHER BUSINESS BEFORE HAND THEN TERRENCE AND I WILL FOLLOW AFTER INTRODUCTIONS TERRENCE WILL POLL THE AUDIENCE BEFORE STARTING THE INTRODUCTION
TERRYConduct the poll – discuss the results TRANSITION TO NEXT SLIDE [TERRY]
Terry Purposely not including Linked In, Facebook, OR TWITTER “The development of social sites and other social media applications designed specifically for scholars and academics is an emerging trend. This trend is forming in the wake of the massive popularity of social media sites such as Facebook and the more professionally focused site LinkedIn. I’d like to mention that while many academics use these sites for professional pursuits, they were not designed for that purpose so we are not including them directly in our discussion today. Academic social media sites combine the "traditional" networking of social media with practical research functions such as organizing research, generating and sharing bibliographies or literature reviews, and annotating PDFs. They can also serve as crowd-sourced, searchable -if informal- databases of scholarly work. They add value by making it possible to tag the research of others, add comments, and even gather statistics to create a type of (light) peer-review. The degree of interactivity could potentially become another metric used to measure the impact of scholarly work in a given field. Librarians should also seek out or even create a role educating members of the academic community in the use of these scholarly social media sites and other applications or sites that incorporate elements of social media. These can include presentation software and bibliographic citation management tools.” TRANSITION TO NEXT SLIDE [LORIN]
Lorin:relevant not just for faculty.Movement towards personal learning environments and also personal research environments influenced by several factors—one is constructivist learning techniques and also the influence of web 2.0 & social media What this means is, instead of an authoritarian one way type system of learning and knowledge consumption, people are collecting information from different streams, organizing & In other words, and summing up, I believe that it is likely that we see “a decreasing need of instructors as more knowledgeable others in order to learn something, but an increasing need of instructors as more knowledgeable others in order to learn how to learn something.” “a decreasing need of librarians as more knowledgeable others in order to learn something, but an increasing need of librarians as more knowledgeable others in order to learn how to learn something.” With Personal Learning Environments to cover the ground of one’s Zone of Personal Development, learning how to learn, how to design one’s own learning process may be more relevant than ever and require more help from third parties. (Pena-Lopez, Proximal)The term personal learning environment (PLE) describes the tools, communities, and services that constitute the individual educational platforms that learners use to direct their own learning and pursue educational goals. PLEs represent a shift away from the model in which students consume information through independent channels such as the library, a textbook, or an LMS, moving instead to a model where students draw connections from a growing matrix of resources that they select and organize. From Integrating personal learning and working environments by Graham Attwell, Cristina Costa TRANSITION TO NEXT SLIDE [LISA]
LisaTo build on what Lorin was talking about, I found this definition of altmetrics from altmetrics.org website and the research of Jason Priem, and others. It is the notion of using new or alternative metricsbased on the Social Web for analyzing, and informing scholarship.Alternative metrics reflect the broad, rapid impact of scholarship in the growing Web 2.0 environment Combines traditional filters of:Peer-review, Citation counting, and journal impact factor with social media toolsThe traditional filters have their weaknesses and limitations based on the publishing world. Since scholars are using newer tools to publish, collect, and conduct research, it is necessary for newer and more relevant filters or metrics be designed. Alternative metrics may help fill the gap for today’s researchers.Alternative metrics hope to expand what impact looks like and also of what’s making the impact. According to Priem et al, This matters because expressions of scholarship are becoming more diverse. Articles are increasingly joined by:The sharing of “raw science” like datasets, code, and experimental designsSemantic publishing or “nanopublication,” where the citeable unit is an argument or passage rather than entire article.Widespread self-publishing via blogging, microblogging, and comments or annotations on existing work.Altmetrics are fast, using public APIs to gather data in days or weeks and the data, scripts and algorithms that collect and interpret it are open.Altmetrics emphasize semantic content like usernames, timestamps, and tags.Since researchers are using many of the tools we will be talking about today we decided to present the different types of Social Media based on broad categories. We do not favor one tool over others that are not mentioned today, but hope to touch on a few of the different types of social media tools that librarians should knowledgeable about because of the impact they are having on research today.TRANSITION TO NEXT SLIDE [LISA]
LisaThe social research tools we will discuss today fall into these categories:Bibliographic Management Open Access RepositoriesPresentation ToolsAltmetrics Tools/AppsNOW I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO LORIN TO DISCUSS THE FIRST OF THE TOOLS….TRANSITION TO NEXT SLIDE [LORIN]
LISA CONDUCT THE POLL BEFORE MOVING ON TO MENDELEY
Lorin--What is Mendeley?TRANSITION TO NEXT SLIDE [LORIN]
LORINTRANSITION TO NEXT SLIDE [TERRY]
TERRYAcademics use Academia.edu to share their research, monitor deep analytics around the impact of their research, and track the research of academics they follow1,928,438 academics are currently membersThey have added 1,595,660 papers and listed 564,816 research interestsA hybrid of Facebook and Twitter focused on academic professionalsAppears to focus on the Arts & HumanitiesHow does it get a .edu domain, though?Domain was registered in 1999 but the site was launched in 2008Overall, users appear to have a positive view of the site and its utilityThere are significant questions about how the site will make money and how long it will last.Singulairity, TechCrunch, TRANSITION TO NEXT SLIDE [TERRY]
TerrenceOwned and operated by Cornell University, funded by Cornell University Library (and others)Begun in August 1991 by Paul Gisparg as a repository for preprints in physics and has expanded to include other disciplinesCurrently includes Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology, Quantitative Finance and StatisticsMost of the content is “self archived” preprint research material entered by the author(s)arXiv is credited for precipitating the move in scientific publishing toward open accessNot strictly “peer reviewed” but moderators do review materials to categorize themSome bloggers have criticized arXiv for blacklisting some authors, Ginsparg and others at arXiv have denied the allegationTRANSITION TO NEXT SLIDE [LISA]
Lisa What is Slideshare?Web-based Slide hosting serviceFollowing file formats are supported: PowerPoint, PDF, Keynote or OpenOfficeHas a pro version with more functionality such as:Files can be made Private or Public Analytics (Measure performance) IMPACTLinkedIn integrationDisplay your content on your LinkedIn profile And other featuresSlideShare also provides users the ability to rate, comment on, and share the uploaded content. TRANSITION TO NEXT SLIDE [LISA]
Lisa Prezi is a cloud-based presentation software that opens up a new world between whiteboards and slides. The zoomable canvas makes it fun to explore ideas and the connections between them. The result: visually captivating presentations that lead your audience down a path of discovery. FeaturesPan and ZoomZoom around the prezi canvas to visualize your ideas.Import MediaImport PowerPoint slides, images, videos, YouTube videos, PDFs, etc.Prezi Viewer iPad AppView, retouch and present your prezis from your iPad.Present Online and OfflinePresent online or download and show your prezi offline.Work TogetherCollaborate in real-time, across the room or across time zones.Add StorylineUse frames and a path to create a cinematic journey.TRANSITION TO NEXT SLIDE [LISA]
LISAFor the sake of time, I’m not going to discuss all of these today, but have included links to the resources which will be available after the presentation. I’ll briefly go over 2. Impact Story ….. And PaperCritic http://impactstory.it/faq ImpactStory [formerly Total-Impact] is a Web-based application that makes it easy to track the impact of a wide range ofresearch artifacts (such as papers, datasets, slides, and research code). The system aggregates impact data from many sources, from Mendeley to Twitter and also includes Scopus and PubMed. The output is displayed in a single, permalinked report.who is it for?researchers who want to know how many times their work has been downloaded, bookmarked, and blogged research groups who want to look at the broad impact of their work and see what has demonstrated interest funders who want to see what sort of impact they may be missing when only considering citations to papers repositories who want to report on how their research artifacts are being discussed all of us who believe that people should be rewarded when their work (no matter what the format) makes a positive impact (no matter what the venue). Aggregating evidence of impact will facilitate appropriate rewards, thereby encouraging additional openness of useful forms of research output. PaperCritic offers researchers a way of monitoring all types of feedback about their scientific work, as well as allows everyone to easily review the work of others, in a fully open and transparent environment.PaperCritic is powered by the Mendeley API and You can register using yourMendeley account and check your Watchlist feed to keep track of all the reviews and mentions of papers that interest you.ReaderMeter is a mashup visualizing author-level and article-level statistics based on the consumption of scientific content by a large population of readers. Readership data is obtained via the Mendeley API. Reports are available both as HTML and in a machine-readable version as JSON and are released under a CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.ScienceCard is a website that automatically collects metrics (citations, download counts, altmetrics) for a particular researcher. All the researcher has to do is provide a unique author identifier such as AuthorClaim or Microsoft Academic Search ID.CrowdoMeter is a web service that displays tweets linking to scientific articles, and allows users to add semantic information. CrowdoMeter uses a subset of the Citation Typing Ontology (CiTO), an ontology for the characterization of citations, both factually and rhetorically. The results of this crowdsourcing effort are displayed in real-time.Now LORIN WILL TOUCH ON A FEW OTHER SITES NOT DISCUSSED IN OUR SESSION, BUT WORTH MENTIONING….TRANSITION TO NEXT SLIDE [LORIN?]
