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New Tools and Rules for Research Knowledge Mobilization Initiatives Using Social Media Using Social Media Gary Myers KMbeing.com
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KMbeing
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KMb
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KMb = Knowledge Mobilization
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KMb = Knowledge Mobilisation (in UK)
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A.K.A.
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Knowledge Mobilization putting available knowledge into active service to benefit society
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Scholarly and Research Communication
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Theoretical and Methodological Approaches to Social Sciences and Knowledge Management
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Bo-Christer Björk, Annikki Roos and Mari LauriBo-Christer BjörkAnnikki RoosMari Lauri Information Research, vol. 14 no. 1, March, 2009 Out of 1-million, 350-thousand articles published Only 4.6% immediately openly available Only 3.5% available after one year embargo
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Only 11.3% available in libraries behind pay walls
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Source: Neilson McKinsey Incite Poll http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/buzz-in-the- blogosphere-millions-more-bloggers-and-blog-readers/ http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/buzz-in-the- blogosphere-millions-more-bloggers-and-blog-readers/
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Based on Ulrich’s search for active, academic / scholarly, peer reviewed journals (total 53,097) Source: Simon Fraser University http://pages.cmns.sfu.ca/heather-morrison/appendix-c-how-many- active-scholarly-peer-reviewed-journals/
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200-million 53-thousand
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KMbeing
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One of Canada’s most influential Knowledge Mobilizers (Top 10 of 100) 2011 & 2012
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http://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/bid/4594/Is-22- Tweets-Per-Day-the-Optimum.aspx Is 22 Tweets-Per-Day the Optimum?
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100-million users/56-million following 8+ accounts
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100-million 53-thousand
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Real time search capabilities
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Social Media Is Not A Fad
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http://researchimpact.ca
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OK, I have an account on Facebook, Twitter, You Tube, Delicious, Google +, Flicker, LinkedIn, Vimeo and Tumblr and Pinterest Cool! Now what? Um…I have no idea.
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http://melissaterras.blogspot.ca/2012/04/is-blogging-and- tweeting-about-research.html
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“Most of my papers, before I blogged and tweeted them, had one to two downloads, even if they had been in the repository for months (or years, in some cases). Upon blogging and tweeting, within 24 hours, there were on average seventy downloads of my papers.”
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“It's a really good thing to make your work open access. More people will read it than if it is behind a paywall. Even if it is the most downloaded paper from a journal in your field, Open Access makes it even more accessed.”
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Applying Social Sciences Research for Public Benefit Using Knowledge Mobilization and Social Media
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The use of Twitter in this way increased web traffic to the searchable online database of ResearchSnapshot by 270% (www.researchimpact.ca/researchsearch) (Google Analytics) Phipps, D.J., Jensen, K.E. and Myers, J.G. (2012). Applying Social Sciences Research for Public Benefit Using Knowledge Mobilization and Social Media, Theoretical and Methodological Approaches to Social Sciences and Knowledge Management, Asunción López-Varela (Ed.), ISBN: 978-953-51-0687-6, InTech.
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1.Create online networks to better understand which issues are important to various stakeholders 2.Get feedback on your work, as a faster and in more ways more effective form of peer review 3. Meet other academics and researchers locally and globally who are interested in your work
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Gary Myers KMbeing.com
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