Digital Scholarship Leiden

Flowers make the scholar: about ORCID and Google Scholar Citations

Last week we talked about the importance of persistent identifiers. This week we'll be taking a closer look at two of them: ORCID and Google Scholar Citations.

Mieneke van der Salm • 11-02-2015

Be who you are: the importance of persistent identifiers

In today's crowded scholarly publishing scene mix-ups with similarly-named authors, variants or name changes can easily happen. How can persistent identifiers help you claim your identity and distinguish you from others with your name?

Mieneke van der Salm • 03-02-2015

Tips and Tricks with Joanne van der Leun

Today's Tips and Tricks will focus on LinkedIn and my guest this week is Professor Joanne van der Leun. When I was looking for a guest to interview about LinkedIn, her profile stood out to me because it's complete and utilises all of the options on offer.

Mieneke van der Salm • 27-01-2015

Best Practices for LinkedIn Academics

Best practices posts for LinkedIn are easily found, because it's such a ubiquitous network for people looking for a job. Yet only a fraction of those focus on what academics should include on their LinkedIn profile.

Mieneke van der Salm • 21-01-2015

LinkedIn as a Connection to Expertise

As an academic, why would you want to use LinkedIn? How is it useful to academics as more than just an online resume? LinkedIn can offer greater knowledge networks in the form of connections and groups.

Mieneke van der Salm • 13-01-2015

Link up with LinkedIn

LinkedIn is primarily known as a networking tool for business professional, yet it can also be a useful tool for academics to create a strong research social network.

Mieneke van der Salm • 06-01-2015

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