I love Twitter. I really do. I've used it for what feels like a long time, although I haven't managed to work out exactly when I signed up. I managed to get my real name though, so it must have been quite a while ago.
I have a personal account @jennycampbell and a work account @nulibsage, which I use to share news and information about the library with science and engineering students and staff here at Newcastle University.
Through my personal account, I've made links and connections with librarians from all over the UK and beyond. It is Twitter more than anything that has made me feel really engaged with and part of the information profession again. (And I also follow lots of Radio 5 Live commentators and presenters too. My favourite hashtag (as of November 2011) is #scd (strictly come dancing), so not all work and no play...)
Wednesday, 23 November 2011
Thing 3: Your own personal brand
As a consequence of taking part in CPD23 Things, I've started to take my 'digital footprint' a lot more seriously. I've always tended to use my real name wherever possible, when regisyering with new resources, except for in my work twitter account @nulibsage, which I use in my role as Subject Librarian for communicating news and information about library services and. resources to science and engineering students here at Newcastle University. I also have a personal twitter account @jennycampbell. When I joined Twitter, my real name was still available and I've subsequently tried to register the same version of my name wherever possible.
A straightforward search for my name on Google (.co.uk) put my Google+ account top of the list - not really surprising, I suppose - good old Google. I'm then followed by a caravan rental company in Minehead and a dancing studio. My Twitter account appears next, followed by my LinkedIn profile. Not too bad. No sign of a blog, but that's hardly surprising since I've neglected this for such a long time - I'll check again in a few weeks once I've uploaded a few more posts.
A search for my name followed by 'library' or 'librarian' was much more rewarding. All the first page was about me (including a work blog that I started years ago but had forgotten about - resurrect or delete?)
Only a couple of images of me though - is that good or bad? I use the same photograph on all my sites, taken in Venice on my 40th:-) But other than that I try to keep photographs private, certainly on sites like Facebook, etc.
I set up an About.me page to try and link my various profiles together. I also set up a Flavors.me page. I prefer About.me at the moment, probably because I haven't experimented with either for long enough so I'd be interested to know what others use.
A straightforward search for my name on Google (.co.uk) put my Google+ account top of the list - not really surprising, I suppose - good old Google. I'm then followed by a caravan rental company in Minehead and a dancing studio. My Twitter account appears next, followed by my LinkedIn profile. Not too bad. No sign of a blog, but that's hardly surprising since I've neglected this for such a long time - I'll check again in a few weeks once I've uploaded a few more posts.
A search for my name followed by 'library' or 'librarian' was much more rewarding. All the first page was about me (including a work blog that I started years ago but had forgotten about - resurrect or delete?)
Only a couple of images of me though - is that good or bad? I use the same photograph on all my sites, taken in Venice on my 40th:-) But other than that I try to keep photographs private, certainly on sites like Facebook, etc.
I set up an About.me page to try and link my various profiles together. I also set up a Flavors.me page. I prefer About.me at the moment, probably because I haven't experimented with either for long enough so I'd be interested to know what others use.
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