Charleston Conference 2013 - 13_1107

The Social Side of Research and Opportunities for Librarians

Jeffrey Lancaster, Ph.D. Emerging Technologies Coordinator

Columbia University Libraries

[email protected] @j_lancaster

Slides – slideshare.net/jeffreylancaster

Research is solitary

Research is inherently social

“Research not communicated is

research not done”

Prof. Anne Glover, EU Science Advisor

‘Social’ for research can mean: •  Collaboration •  Public Engagement •  Public Persona •  Professionalization

Identify and Facilitate

Communities

Scientific Genealogy

Erdös Number

Networks of Collaboration

Scopus →  Open Refine, Excel →  gephi, d3.js

Science@Columbia tumblr

columbiascience.tumblr.com

(@columbiascience)

Assess and Develop Better

Workflow Management

feed://news.columbia.edu/cu-­‐news/feed  

RSS  =  Really  Simple  Syndica/on  –  a  protocol  to  deliver  content  (e.g.  feed://…)  

RSS  Reader  –  a  tool  to  parse  and  format  RSS  content  (e.g.  Feedly)  

RSS

if [ ] then [ ]. post  to    facebook  

post  to    twi7er  

if [ ] then [ ]. check  in  at  airport  

email  Mom  

if [ ] then [ ]. RSS  item    starred  

add  to  dra=  post  

if [ ] then [ ]. RSS  item  tagged  

add  to  googledoc  

if trigger then action . ifttt.com – if THIS then THAT

RSS  item  tagged   add  to  googledoc  

RSS  item  starred   add  to  dra=  post  

check  in  at  airport   email  Mom  

post  to  facebook   post  to  twi7er  

if trigger then action .

if then .

if then .

if then .

if then .

ifttt.com – if THIS then THAT

A  good  guide  to  what  apps  you  should  know/use  

ifttt.com – if THIS then THAT

Develop and Support

New Services within

New Spaces

3D Printing @ Columbia

3dprint.cul.columbia.edu

@CU_SEL

github.com

Makerspaces &

Hackerspaces

Professional Persona

Unique  iden/fiers  for  researchers  to  cross-­‐reference  publica/ons,  ac/vi/es,  etc.  

John  Smith  vs.  J.  Smith  vs.  John  D.  Smith  vs.    J.  D.  Smith  vs.  JD  Smith  vs.  …  

Wang  Kim  vs.  W.  Kim  vs.  Kim  Wang  vs.  K.  Wang  …  

ORCID:  0000-­‐0003-­‐0458-­‐2127  

ResearcherID:  J-­‐6870-­‐2012  

ORCID, ResearcherID, etc.

Share  research  components  to  make  them  discoverable  &  citable;  get  metrics  

figshare.com

Capture  overall  impact  of  a  publica/on  in  blogs,  tweets,  men/ons,  news,  etc.  

Altmetric(s)

Micro-­‐creden/alling  for  aMendance,  task  comple/on,  skills,  exper/se,  etc.    

Open Badges

openbages.org

Commen/ng  for  ANY  website,  w/  metrics,  modera/on,  &  easy  implementa/on  

disqus.com

Funding  may  no  longer  rely  upon  the  government.  Interested  communi/es,  engaged  by  social  media  presence,  are  key  to  raising  money  from  the  crowd.  

Crowdfunding Research

Professionalization

‘Social’ for research can mean: •  Collaboration •  Public Engagement •  Public Persona •  Professionalization

The Social Side of Research and Opportunities for Librarians

Jeffrey Lancaster, Ph.D. Emerging Technologies Coordinator

Columbia University Libraries

[email protected] @j_lancaster

Slides – slideshare.net/jeffreylancaster