Social Media for Academics

Index

A

Academia.edu, 31–2

AcademiaMap, 24–6

academic bloggers, 5, 7, 14

academic blogging, 3–4

features of, 7–8

getting started with, 7–13

growth of, 7

terminating, 12–13

academic blogs

benefits of, 5–6

directory listing of, 5

drawing attention to, 11–12

improvement strategies, 6–7

motivations for, 5

network of, 5

publishing of, 7–11

terms and policies for, 9–11

and Twitter, 119

academic libraries

ambassadors for, 207

definition of, 204

for social media, 193–209

Academic Search, 69–72

academics

social networking sites for, 21–36

Twitter for, 107–8, 116–18

Adobe Connect, 146

Atom, as syndication format, 12

B

backchannel, 128

back-up, of blogs, 14

bibliographic tools

benefits of, 90

brief history of, 87–9

choosing the right tool, 101–3