Slides for talk on "Organisational Use of Twitter" given by Brian Kelly, UKOLN at a workshop on "Engagement, Impact, Value" on 24 May 2010. See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/engagement-impact-value-201005/
Slides for a talk on "Demystifying the Social Web" given by Brian Kelly, UKOLN at the Readeast's "R-e-@ding: reaching out to readers in a digital world" Conference held in Flitwick on 26 November 2009. See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/cultural-heritage/events/readeast-2009/
The document discusses resource discovery through social means such as writing blog posts, chatting with colleagues, listening to people, and sharing resources using popular networked services. It provides examples of how writing blog posts attracts relevant comments and links, and how Twitter can be used to find examples related to a talk. The conclusion is that social resource discovery is natural, requires little effort, allows the use of popular services, and helps the community.
Slides for a talk on "Empowering Users and Institutions: A Risks and Opportunities Framework for Exploiting the Social Web" given by Brian Kelly, UKOLN at the Cultural Heritage Online 2009 Conference held in Florence on 15-16 December 2009. See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/cultural-heritage/events/cultural-heritage-online-2009/
The document discusses the role of social web tools like blogs, microblogs, wikis and social sharing in scholarly communication. It describes the author's personal experiences using these tools to support writing a paper, get feedback and maximize the paper's impact. However, it also notes challenges like not all researchers finding these tools suitable, sustainability issues if services disappear, and lack of clear evidence on tangible benefits. More research is needed but some researchers are starting to adopt these tools.
Slides for a talk on "Amplified Events, Seminars, Conferences, ...: What? Why? How?" given by Brian Kelly, UKOLN at a workshop session at the JISC 2011 conference held at the BT Convention Centre, Liverpool on 15 March 2011. See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/jisc-2011/
Using social web services like blogs, wikis, social networks and video sharing sites can help maximize access to an organization's resources, ideas and brand. These services allow engagement with potential audiences and monitoring how the organization is discussed online. An example is given of the Brooklyn Museum which uses services like blogs, Facebook, Flickr and YouTube very effectively. It is concluded that ignoring the potential of social media risks losing out to peers, and using these services can support an organization's mission.