Managing Your Digital Identity Rebecca K. Miller Virginia Tech Libraries NEFLIN Webinar September 30, 2014
Nov 20, 2014
Managing Your Digital IdentityRebecca K. Miller
Virginia Tech Libraries
NEFLIN Webinar
September 30, 2014
Thanks!
@rebeccakmiller
www.rebeccakatemiller.com
linkedin.com/in/rebeccakmiller
And so on….
Assistant Director, Learning ServicesVirginia Tech Libraries
My identity crisis
So I searched….
…and I found:
Digital identity
Why?
Getting hired, noticed, promoted, or tenured
Networking and collaboration
Share your work
Eliminate misidentification
Engage in meaningful professional discussion
Embrace our professional imperative
Professional imperative
Managing your digital identity
Inventory your identity
Consider your goals
Select and use available tools
Optimize your presence
Understand privacy and security issues
Monitor your presence
Managing your digital identity
Inventory your identity
Consider your goals
Select and use available tools
Optimize your presence
Understand privacy and security issues
Maintain your presence
Inventory your identity
Inventory your identity
Find yourself
Consider alternate people searches, such as Pipl, Spokeo, or DuckDuckGo
Managing your digital identity
Locate your identity
Consider your goals
Select and use available tools
Optimize your presence
Understand privacy and security issues
Monitor your presence
Consider your goals
Personal branding
Scholarly identification
Goal: Personal branding
Consciously cultivating an authentic image of your values, skills, abilities, and aspirations.
“A personal brand is a by-product, not an end itself” (Bohyun Kim)
“Personal brand is what people say about you when you leave the room” (Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com)
Goal: Scholarly identification
As researchers and scholars, [we] face the ongoing challenge of distinguishing [our] research activities from those of others with similar names. [We] need to be able to easily and uniquely attach [our] identity to research objects such as datasets, equipment, articles, media stories, citations, experiments, patents, and notebooks.
ORCID (http://orcid.org/content/initiative)
Consider your goals
“The line between personal and professional no longer exists”
Managing your digital identity
Locate your identity
Consider your goals
Select and use available tools
Optimize your presence
Understand privacy and security issues
Monitor your presence
Select and use available tools
A digital identity toolkit includes:
Your vision/mission/values statement(s)
Consistent image(s)
Consistent name
Cohesive representation of personality
Technology tools - strategized
Technology tools
Websites/Portfolios Google Sites, Wix, Weebly, About.me, Re.vu
Blogs Blogger, WordPress
Social media Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, LinkedIn, Pinterest, YouTube
Tools: Websites/Portfolios
Tools: Websites/portfolios
Tools: Websites/Portfolios
Tools: Blogs
Tools: Social Media
Technology and consistency
Another example
And, one more
Scholarly identification
Measuring scholarly impact
NO ONE CAN READ EVERYTHING. We rely on filters to make sense of the scholarly literature, but the narrow, traditional filters are being swamped. However, the growth of new, online scholarly tools allows us to make new filters; these altmetrics reflect the broad, rapid impact of scholarship in this burgeoning ecosystem. We call for more tools and research based on altmetrics.
--Jason Priem, Dario Taraborelli, Paul Groth, Cameron Neylon (altmetrics.org/manifesto)
Altmetrics
Tools: Scholarly identification
www.altmetric.com
• Altmetric.com
• ImpactStory.org
• Figshare.com
Tools: Scholarly identification
Profiles: Google Scholar Citations Mendeley Academia.edu Nature Network Scholar Universe (ProQuest) ResearcherID (ThomsonReuters) ORC …and others
Managing your digital identity
Locate your identity
Consider your goals
Select and use available tools
Optimize your presence
Understand privacy and security issues
Monitor your presence
Optimize your presence: Domains
Optimize your presence: Profiles & Engagement
Optimize your presence: Updates
Managing your digital identity
Locate your identity
Consider your goals
Select and use available tools
Optimize your presence
Understand privacy and security issues
Monitor your presence
Understand privacy and security issues
Managing your digital identity
Locate your identity
Consider your goals
Select and use available tools
Optimize your presence
Understand privacy and security issues
Monitor your presence
Monitor your presence
Alerts
Statistics
Alerts
Statistics
Back to the professional imperative…
Questions?
Recommended Reading
danah boyd on controlling your public appearance: http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2007/09/07/controlling_you.html
How to overcome what scares us about our online identities: http://chronicle.com/article/How-to-Overcome-What-Scares-Us/145967 /
Confronting the myth of the digital native: http://chronicle.com/article/Confronting-the-Myth-of-the/145949 /
6 steps to managing your online reputation: http://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2013/03/14/6-steps-to-managing-your-online-reputation/
Ten simple steps to create and manage your online identity: http://crln.acrl.org/content/72/1/31. full
Personal branding for librarians: http://www.americanlibrariesmagazine.org/article/personal-branding- librarians
Rise of altmetrics: http://chronicle.com/article/Rise-of-Altmetrics-Revives/139557 /
Thanks, again!
@rebeccakmiller
www.rebeccakatemiller.com
linkedin.com/in/rebeccakmiller
And so on….
Image Credits
Go Google Yourself t-shirt: http://mediaplusme.wordpress.com/2010/06/23/google-yourself-you-might-not-like-what-you-find/
Digital Identity: https://www.flickr.com/photos/93243105@N03/8477734222/
Professional Imperative: https://www.flickr.com/photos/72211182@N00/9731334346/
Inventory Your Identity: https://www.flickr.com/photos/20587522@N00/2979635819/
Questions: https://www.flickr.com/photos/42788859@N00/318947873/