Free Download Building Your Academic Research Digital Identity:
A Step-Wise Guide to Cultivating Your Academic Research Career Online
English | 2024 | ISBN: 3031503163 | 171 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 10 MB

The purpose of this timely and stimulating book is to thoroughly prepare students, early researchers, and career scholars in establishing their digital identity online. Broadly defined, digital identity is one's online history - that is, it is any trail a person has left in his or her life that is now online. In academics, the issue is of digital presence is of utmost importance, as a digital identity frames one's professional reputation, doing so by promoting and defining a person's knowledge and research in their respective field. Written by an accomplished interdisciplinary team of scholars in library science and related fields, this unique guide addresses the development of professional identity as a continuous, dynamic process that is constantly evolving, generally starting from university study and moving through one's professional work life. It goes without saying that building your digital identity as a researcher can be an effective way to publicize your work among your peers, but, the authors emphasize, this activity must be done carefully and skillfully.