Brian Kelly - Open Practices for the Connected Researcher

The potential benefits of open access to research papers is well-understood. However social media provides opportunities for 'connected researchers' to both engage more effectively with their peers and raise the visibility of their research outputs which can help in enhancing citations of their papers and implementation of the ideas.

In this talk Brian Kelly will describe how he has used social media communication tools such as his UK Web Focus blog, his Twitter account and his Facebook profile and social
media sharing tools such as Slideshare to develop successful research collaborations (which resulted in one encounter on Twitter leading to an award-winning paper!) and his papers being the most-downloaded from the University of Bath repository.

As part of his commitment to open practices in the support of his professional activities Brian will outlines his recommendations for ways in which researchers can exploit the opportunities presented by the social web.