1. Create a Digital Profile
• Set up your own web site or use your institutions web
page.
o http://www.manchester.ac.uk/research/directory/staffprofiles/
• Set up your profile in networking sites
o Ning http://www.ning.com/,
o LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/
o Graduate Junction http://www.graduatejunction.net/
o ResearcherID http://www.researcherid.com/
o Somerco http://www.somerco.com/home
• Set up your own project blog/microblog account
o Wordpress http://wordpress.org/
o Blogger https://www.blogger.com/start
o Posterous http://posterous.com/
o http://twitter.com
• Submit material to Manchester eScholar
o https://www.escholar.manchester.ac.uk/
• Take part in online discussion groups
o JISC Mail http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/
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2. o HNet http://www.h-net.org/
o Postgraduate Forum http://www.postgraduateforum.com/
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