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Managing your Digital Identity
Danielle KaneResearch Librarian for Emerging Technologies and Service Innovation
UC Irvine Libraries
Lunch2.0June 2009
Digital Identity
Digital identity is the online representation of an individual within a community, as adopted by that individual and/or projected by others. An individual may have multiple digital identities in multiple communities.
Andy PowelleFoundations Blog
http://efoundations.typepad.com
Why?
Who might search for you:◦ Colleagues, current employers, future employers, students, peers
How are you seen by: ◦ Your colleagues, your peers, the general public
Gauged by:◦ Your conduct, what you say, what others say about you, what you write
and how you write it, face to face, peer-review, academic papers
Personal and Professional Identity
Errors – Front and Center
Media goes Viral
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/01/online-burger-p/
http://www.marketingpilgrim.com
Tools for Identity Management
KeepassChi.mpNamechkGoogle ProfilesOpenIDGiza PageGravatar
URL: ◦ http://keepass.info/
What is it: ◦ free open source password
manager Why use it:
◦ Easy◦ Why remember 20 passwords
when you can remember 1◦ More secure than paper◦ Library IT provides access
Keepass
URL: ◦ http://chi.mp/
What is it: ◦ Content Hub and Identity Management Platform
Why use it: ◦ Can tailor access to information for specific groups◦ Manage several services from one location
Chi.mp
URL: ◦ http://namechk.com/
What is it: ◦ Let’s you check username availability for dozens of sites
Why use it:◦ Find the best username to promote
yourself◦ Much easier than trial and error
method
Namechk
URL: ◦ http://www.google.com/profiles
What is it: ◦ Web profile
Why use it:◦ Allows people to find the right information about you when they search
for your name on Google
Google Profiles
URL: ◦ http://openid.net/
What is it: ◦ An open, decentralized, free
framework for user-centric digital identity
Why use it:◦ Eliminate the need for multiple
usernames across different websites
OpenID
URL: ◦ http://gizapage.com/
What is it:◦ Social network organizer
Why use it:◦ Share all your profiles through one URL◦ Can control what is public and what is private
Giza Page
URL: ◦ http://en.gravatar.com/
What is it:◦ A globally recognized avatar, an image that follows you from site to site
Why use it:◦ Point your sites to the avatar image, only need to upload the image
once
Gravatar
Discussion Topics20 minutes
As a profession what do we want our online identity to be, how do we want students, staff, and faculty to perceive us?
How do we balance personal and professional identities?