When Good Research Goes Viral, by Diane Rasmussen Neal

Via Mendeley, we've heard of this really useful chapter about using social media to extend the reach of your research. And here's a link to the entire chapter: When Good Research Goes Viral, by Diane Rasmussen Neal

The article is in Social Media for Academics: A Practical Guide (2012) pp. 161-173 Published by Elsevier Ltd

Folk music, meteorology and blogging (the delights of Whittaker's inbox!)

So pretty that we had to share it with you!

• Warwick Folk Festival - 26th - 29th July.  More details ...
• Zetoc alerts: don't forget you can set up Zetoc to tell you when articles are published in your field.  Set up an alert here, or ask your subject librarian to help you set one up.  Mind you, sometimes you get wee surprises.  Like the one 'Whittaker' received today:-
  Scottish weather in Mendelssohn's music
  Kay, A, in WEATHER - LONDON (published by the Royal Meteorological Society), Vol.67, no.3 (2012) pp.83-83
      
• 'Blogging is quite simply the most important thing academics should be doing right now'. So said two social scientists at the London School of Economics.  Controversial - do you agree?

UK Scholarly Reading and the Value of Library Resources

Academic libraries are appreciated!

A recent JISC report provides the proof libraries need - scholars and academic staff certainly do value library resources.

• Download it here - UK Scholarly Reading and the Value of Library Resources (pdf)
• No time just now? Read the brief JISC introduction to the report.