This is a great resource and has been used to kick off the 'Social Media'
page of SCONUL's Higher Education Library Technology wiki (HELibTech)
http://helibtech.com/Social_Media

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Subject: Social Media, Libraries, Librarians and Research Support slides now
available. from last week's aliss conference

 
 
Dear all slides now available at: 
 http://www.alissnet.org.uk/Display.aspx?id=10737418262
<http://www.alissnet.org.uk/Display.aspx?id=10737418262>   
 and http://www.slideshare.net/heatherdawson
<http://www.slideshare.net/heatherdawson >  
 
Are Social Media impacting upon researcher workflows?   
If so, how should Librarians and Publishers respond - 
So what is the Real Impact of Web 2.0 on Researcher Workflow?
<http://www.alissnet.org.uk/uploadedFiles/images/coventry2011drabble.ppt>   
  Anna Drabble Head of Digital & Product Development, Emerald. 
This paper presents the findings of new research conducted by Emerald and
UCL and other partners.  
 
Summary
The research was based on 
*          2,414 researchers
*          215 countries
*          Arts and Humanities, STM, Social Sciences Inc. Business
 
 
Research partners
*          Emerald & UCL
Contributors & Groups
*          Charleston Conference 
*          Cambridge University Press
*          Taylor & Francis
*          Wolters Kluwer
*          Imperial College, London
*          Manchester University
*          Edinburgh University
 
Findings
 
*	Most highly used social media are organisational told such as
collaborative authoring, conferencing and scheduling 
*	Slide 6 in most categories there is a  wide gap between knowledge of
a tool and its actual use in the research process.. In terms of twitter over
60% are aware but less than 8% use in research. Social tagging use is less
than 8%, more than 50% do not know what it is. Social networking over 60%
aware but only 21 % use. 
*	Slide 9 - the perceived benefits of web 2.0 include international
communication, faster dissemination of research 
*	No difference in use of social media by different age group slide 10

*	Slide 11 may explain low use of web 2.0 as it asks what tools
researchers regard as the most important in disseminating research. Academic
journals are still ranked top with twitter ranked lowest.   
*	 Slide 13 - what do researchers want from libraries? To be more like
Google was the answer with full text and bookmarking. It seemed to me the
emphasis was on a narrow definition of what libraries do with the focus upon
changes to the catalogue rather than other roles such as research help which
we are also involved in. Perhaps this is an area we should all address as
the slides conclude with the statements that in focus groups of over 4 hours
discussing web 2.0 libraries / librarians were not mentioned once!
 
Other papers from the day.
 
#LadyGaGa'sBreakfast : Social Media as a Curator's Tool
<http://www.alissnet.org.uk/uploadedFiles/images/coventry2011jenkins.ppt> 
Jeremy Jenkins, British Library
Using web tools to collate and share information with your learners and
researchers
<http://www.alissnet.org.uk/uploadedFiles/images/coventry2011oxford.ppt>
Presentation on web 2.0 social media by Sarah Oxford (@Sarahbrarian)
Academic Liaison Librarian (Education)  . This is a really good example of a
network created by a subject librarian. Using netvibes.
Also available handout Netvibes Guide
<http://www.alissnet.org.uk/uploadedFiles/News/Netvibes_guide.doc>  
Social media Guide
<http://www.alissnet.org.uk/uploadedFiles/images/Socialmedia.doc>  
 
Advocating Professional Social Networking to Academics
<http://www.alissnet.org.uk/uploadedFiles/images/coventry2011beASLEY.ppt>  
 Presentation by Paula Anne Beasley & Linda Norbury, Subject Advisors
(College of Engineering & Physical Sciences) Library Services, University of
Birmingham. This paper talks about the design and omplemnentation of a
seminar designed to teach and encourage academic staff to use web 2.0 tools.

 
 Guiding researchers to the web tools they need: The rationale behind a Web
tools for researchers' guide
<http://www.slideshare.net/heatherdawson/coventry2011pickton>  
Presentation by Miggie Pickton, University of Northampton . Useful example
of a guide created for researchers which presents a listing of stages in the
research process eg literature review, disseminatring and suggests web 2.0
tools that they might use.
 
Accessibility and Inclusion - RSC West Midlands
<http://www.alissnet.org.uk/uploadedFiles/images/coventry2011wootton.ppt>  
 An introduction to the work of the service with regard to web 2.0, social
media and digital accessability by Alison Wootton 
 
 
Heather  Dawson
ALISS Secretary
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