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?