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.
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