Wouter Gerritsma
Personal Information
Organization / Workplace
Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamLocation
Nijmegen Area, Netherlands NetherlandsOccupation
Deputy Librarian, Digital Services & Innovation at VU University Library, AmsterdamIndustry
Technology / Software / Internet
Website
wowter.netAbout
In my daily life I work with a team responsible for the the digital library at VU University, Amsterdam. In addition to that, I am a blogger, tweep and social media strategist who is passionate about the opportunities of new media tools for scientists to communicate their findings and interact with the public at large. Active use of social media tools will increase their scholarly impact as well. I am an experienced teacher, consultant and discussion leader. Specialties: - Information retrieval - Research support - Search engines - Bibliometrics - Research assessments - Scientific publishing - Science 2.0 and Library 2.0 -Knowledge management - Open Access - Data management