Mendeley and Twitter for researchers

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Come along to one of our free workshops and find out how you, as a Researcher, can use Mendeley and Twitter to ï»¿collaborate with colleagues. Book your place through ï»¿ï»¿ï»¿ï»¿ï»¿ï»¿ï»¿ï»¿ï»¿library bookings.

Mendeley for Researchers workshop, run by a member of the Mendeley London team

Monday 16 July 2012 14.30 – 16.30
Location: SALC7, Sherfield Building, South Kensington campus

Mendeley’s (free, paid for premium account available: web and offline access) objective is to give researchers access to a vast library of bibliographic references and information through the sharing of individuals’ personal libraries. Through tags and other metadata you can search through all of the information uploaded by other researchers to Mendeley’s online database. Collaborative features, including groups, and social networking features make it a significantly useful tool beyond bibliographic management.

The workshop will include Imperial researchers talking about how they use Mendeley.

This session is aimed at PhD students, post-doctoral researchers and academic staff who have had little or no experience of using Mendeley. Masters students are also welcome.

Twitter for Researchers workshop, run by Martin Eve, University of Sussex

Monday 23 July 2012 10.00 – 12.00
Location: SALC7, Sherfield Building, South Kensington campus

Twitter is a microblogging service that asks you to tell the world what you are doing in 140 characters or less, and can be used to build up a network of like-minded people. By selecting other Twitter users to follow, you can build up contacts across a wide range of interests. Many in the academic and research communities use Twitter for professional communication of their research, pointing followers to notable items such as papers, articles, news stories, and blog posts, as well as links to other resources, photos and other media.

This session is aimed at PhD students, post-doctoral researchers and academic staff who have had little or no experience of using Twitter. Masters students are also welcome.

Martin Eve is an associate lecturer and tutor at the University of Sussex, specialising in the novels of Thomas Pynchon. He is also a certified computer programmer (MCP) and writes for the Guardian Higher Education Network.

Sign up for these sessions via the Book a Workshop link on the Library website.