Information Services and Systems Digital Tools for Swansea University

Information Services and Systems Do you currently use any digital tools? 1.In my personal life 2.In my professional life 3.In both 1 & 2 4.Not yet!

Information Services and Systems Which one shall I choose??

Information Services and Systems Organisation Collaboration Communication Think about what you want to do, then think about which social media tool will help you achieve that. Top tip:

Information Services and Systems Have you used an RSS service before? 1.Yes 2.No 3.I’m not sure what it is

Information Services and Systems RSS – Really Simple Syndication Use RSS to subscribe to feeds in order to keep up with news from websites. Subscribe to content from specific journals, & your own subject searches! Organisation

Information Services and Systems RSS - Advantages? Stay up-to-date with relevant research websites, academic journals etc Check conference updates Filter & manage info Time saving!

Information Services and Systems RSS Reader In order to subscribe to a feed, you need to use an RSS reader. A popular choice is Google ReaderGoogle Reader There are other tools available to manage your RSS feeds

Information Services and Systems Have you used an alerting service before? 1.Yes 2.No 3.I’m not sure what it is

Information Services and Systems Alerting tools – Advantages? Keep pace with your peers Staying up to date with new research Expanding your field of knowledge Alerting services available in most research databases

Information Services and Systems Collaboration Storing in the Cloud Access from anywhere with a web connection: home, work, mobile phone, tablet... A back-up store Makes sharing easy over the web

Information Services and Systems Free version = 2GB space Extremely popular = 50m+ users Software install or access also via the webvia the web Store files of any type: photos, word documents etc.

Information Services and Systems Google Drive (Docs) 5GB free storage Software download available (Dropbox-style) Google Docs is online Office-style suite = Word documents, spreadsheets, presentations so has editing facilities Google Docs Easy to share and collaborate on a document

Information Services and Systems Making documents available Dropbox and Google Drive all allow you to “publish” a document selectively or publicly – You get a URL to circulate – Google Docs demo Google Docs demo Or: do you have your own web space? A website? A blog? Copyright & IPR considerations

Information Services and Systems Other things you can share Presentations: Slideshare, Prezi References: Mendeley, Zotero Curating content: Pinterest, Scoop.it Social Bookmarking (web links): delicious, diigo (Examples of all of these on our help pages)Examples of all of these on our help pages

Information Services and Systems Communication

Information Services and Systems As a researcher I need to have an online professional profile? 1.Agree 2.Disagree 3.Not sure

Information Services and Systems Dr Simon Dymond College of Human and Health Sciences, Swansea University “ I tweet about my research to draw attention to it (and, it is hoped, increase its "impact").” “I also tweet about my findings from my research area (behaviour analysis and behaviourism) because is often misrepresented, as well other topics I am interested in.” “I see Twitter as a forum by which like-minded people interact and share resources. It is really impressive how many academics and researchers from around the world have a presence on Twitter!”

Information Services and Systems Using Twitter You can lurk! Find people / organizations that interest you Find people / organizations The essentials: – Reply by – Hashtags for topics e.g. #psychology, #altc2012 – Use short URLs ( All you need to know is in one great guide!one great guide

Information Services and Systems Have a go! Use the handout if you’re just getting started OR Use the online document to browse tools you haven’t used before:the online document

Information Services and Systems Which of the tools do you think might be useful to you? 1.Twitter 2.Google Drive 3.Dropbox 4.Netvibes 5.Google Reader 6.Zetoc Alerts 7.Something else