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Well … I tried it, but it was depressing. A lot of my articles are with journals that don’t assign DOIs, so nothing is generating buzz. And the one that I did check had 1 tweet, from MLA from when I deposited it in CORE a few years ago. I’m not sure I want to put a badge on my personal website advertising that.
On the positive side, I can see how I could and should be using networks to drum up mentions and tweets, so I can boost the numbers on my DOIs. I get that CORE will assign a DOI so people can find my stuff and I can raise my numbers that way, but what if journals won’t let me archive in CORE? Then I’m SOL, I guess?
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About photos, our department brought somebody in to take head shots of faculty and grad students when we updated our web site last year. This was optional, and I was surprised that more people didn’t do it … well, not really surprised about faculty, but the grad students? Come on! They were practically born on the internet but still have a hard time wrapping their heads around their “online presence.”
Anyway, that’s an option, if you can convince your department to do it. Also, our Career Center offers periodic “Linked In Photo Booths” at their events, where staff will take pictures for grad students. Before we got the head shots my professional pic was from a Linked In booth I popped into, even though it’s been a long time since I was a grad student.
Just two ideas, for those of you with energy to effect a photographic change for the common good.
For my cover photo, well, that’s a no brainer: I do love UCLA. And marching bands. Go, Bruins!
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It’s a work in progress, but:
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