Biological Sciences: Communicating yourself and your research online

This session discusses the benefits and challenges of communicating yourself and your research in the online environment. First we look why you need an online presence, followed by setting up your academic persona. Then we explore important academic profiles to have as a researcher (such as ORCID, Google Scholar and Web of Science) and touch on author-level metrics and how to use them responsibly. Then we move onto social media, looking at the practicalities and pros and cons of online engagement through tools such as Twitter/X, Mastodon, Instagram and YouTube, before finally looking at academic networking sites like LinkedIn, ResearchGate and academia.edu.

Participants should expect to have the opportunity to critically evaluate the various options presented in this session with the overall aim of being better informed when deciding where to invest their time and efforts when building an online profile and communicating their research.

Postgraduates, researchers and other interested professional services staff (e.g. technicians) based in the School of Biological Sciences departments and institutions.

Number of sessions: 1

This session will be delivered using Zoom so please ensure you have it installed ahead of the session. A joining link will be sent out as part of the booking confirmation process.

If you will require any help before or during the session, such as accessibility support, please email the Biological Sciences Libraries Team (sbslibraries@lib.cam.ac.uk) for further assistance. Please note that we need at least 72 hours notice if you would like a recording of the session so we can gain adequate permissions from all participants. If you wish to record (or for us to record for you) please contact us at least 72 hours prior to the session to arrange this.

Once per term (Michaelmas and Lent).