social media for historians
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effective online
communication &
career development
Isabel Holowaty Bodleian History Librarian
@iholowaty - @HFLOxford
Blog: http://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/history/
Social
media for
historians
11 March 2015
What is social media
Group of internet-based applications
Create, share and exchange user-generated
content
Highly interactive
Differs to traditional communication forms in
quality, reach, frequency, immediacy, and
usability, networking
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Why change
Impact & engagement
Open Access
Mobile technology
Digital identity
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Footprint on the sand / Manuel Cazzaniga http://www.fotopedia.com/items/flickr-410340190
What is this thing called 'digital identity‘?
A presentation for the post graduate careers advisors
network, July 7th 2011. https://prezi.com/kg061-khkxjj/what-is-this-thing-called-digital-identity
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Poster describing the results of a study examining Twitter use among a sample of 8,826 academics from 5 UK and US universities.
Priem, Jason; Costello, Kaitlin; Dzuba,
Tyler (2012): Prevalence and use of
Twitter among scholars. http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.104629 Uploaded 16 Dec 2012 See also http://jasonpriem.org/self-archived/twitter-scholars-poster-abstract.pdf
1. Twitter growth among scholars is steady, and
data suggest we may anticipate future
growth in the number and percentage of
scholars on Twitter.
2. Twitter is a scholarly communication medium.
Scholars discuss, converse, and share links to
peer-reviewed articles as well as grey
literature and announcements. Our relatively
unbiased sample allows us to make this claim
with a high degree of confidence, compared
to earlier studies.
3. We found no evidence that rank or discipline
disproportionally affected scholars’ use of
Twitter or presence on Twitter.
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The agony of choice
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Self-taught exercises
Engage http://blogs.it.ox.ac.uk/engage/
23 Things http://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/23things/all-about-23-things/
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Blogging & microblogging
Wordpress
Blogger
Tumblr
Typepad
Twitter (microblogging, 140 characters)
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What is a blog Public website with self-authored news,
updates, opinions, articles (short or long)
Chronologically arranged with tagging &
categories for topic access to archive
Can be enriched with audio-visual content
Usually informal tone
Re-blog or get a guest editor
Increasingly morphing into webpages
Chose your blog name and URL carefully!
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https://eeleach.wordpress.com/
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http://somervillehistorian.blogspot.co.uk/
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http://www.culturesofknowledge.org/
Blogs
Customisable, easy to create & edit,
attractive
Web 2.0 functionality (scheduling, widgets)
Mailing list to create followers / interactivity
Connect and organise your mini-stories (tags)
Embed in webpages and broadcast (Twitter,
Facebook, etc.)
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Blogs
Third party providers (anything can happen!)
Advertising & spam
Might cost (£-£££)
Keeping up with broadcasting (dead blog is
even worse than none at all)
Interactivity (from harmless timewasters to
internet trolls)
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Micro-blogging (140 characters)
Include links, tags (#twitterstorians), pictures
Share news, ask questions, reply to somebody
else, comment on
Using Twitter in Academia (LSE Blog) http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2011/09/29/twitter-guide/
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5 ways of using Twitter (AHA) 1. Follow organisations: get updates & research tips, highlights or additions to collections, get in touch with staff. These could be museums, libraries / archives, research institutions, history organisations, research group, etc.
2. Use #hashtags: to search tweets by subject, identify
an interest group #medieval #earlymodern #twitterstorians #phdchat
3. Tweet at a conference / follow conference: share thoughts on talks, etc. with conference participants, great for networking #BorderlinesXVII
4. Share resources: new resources, recommendations,
etc. are regularly posted.
5. Search for job
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Multiple accounts
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Twitter tools Manage multiple social media accounts
(twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn)
Save searches, hashtags, mentions, etc.
Hootsuite
Twitterdeck
Buffer
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Academia.edu
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Resources – videos
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Resources – photos
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Resources – photos
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Resources – photos
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Sharing presentations
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What are you reading?
LibraryThing – sharing a book catalogue
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What are you reading? Goodreads - reviews
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Social bookmarking Delicious
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Mash-ups
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Mash-ups
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http://paper.li/C16history
File sharing Droxbox (2.25GB free)
GoogleDrive (15Gb free)
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Other social media tools
Scheduling events – Doodle
Collaborative writing (wikis) – Wikispaces
Shorten URLs – bit.ly
Tracking – Google Analytics, Klout, bitl.ly
RSS feed manager – Feedly
Hang-outs – Skype, Google Hangout
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http://infographics.fastcompany.com/miscellaneous/rules-of-social-media-poster.pdf
Tools ‘n rules Mobile technology
Apps
ID, gravatar, personal brand OrcidID http://orcid.org/
Keep passwords safe
Netiquette
Private v professional
Copyright, plagiarism, data protection
Don’t let social media take over your life
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Further reading Researcher Toolkit: Twitter for the Arts and Humanities
http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/News-and-Events/Media-Centre/Documents/Toolkit%20-%20Twitter%20for%20the%20Arts%20and%20Humanities.pdf
LSE Blog: Impact of Social Sciences http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/
A blog post from Matt Phillpott on ‘The growing importance of social media for historians’http://www.smke.org/the-smke-social-media-workshop-the-growing-importance-of-social-media-for-historians
Developing an effective social media presence: a workshop for history postgraduate students and early career researchers: summary of the event as recorded on Twitter (including some hints and tips about usingTwitter at conferences) http://storify.com/ihr_history/social-media-knowledge-exchange-workshop
A blog post from Naomi Lloyd-Jones on ‘How to be a ’#socialmediahistorian’ http://www.smke.org/how-to-be-a-socialmediahistorian-plug-in-and-plog-on/
AHA: FiveWays for Historians to use Twitter http://blog.historians.org/resources/1393/five-ways-for-historians-to-use-twitter
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effective online
communication &
career development
Isabel Holowaty Bodleian History Librarian
@iholowaty - @HFLOxford
Blog: http://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/history/
Social
media for
historians
11 March 2015