Altmetrics for Librarians: 100+ tips, tricks, and examples
Publisher: Altmetric LLP
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Format: ebook
Number of pages: 81
Description: Altmetrics are a hot topic in libraries nowadays, but what do they mean in a practical sense for the average librarian’s work?

In this ebook, you’ll learn:

*    The top resources for planning altmetrics outreach and workshops on your campus;
*    How to use altmetrics to make collection development decisions;
*    Why simple metrics are no good for your faculty’s promotion and tenure dossiers (and what data you can use instead);
*    The best places to learn about developments in altmetrics that affect libraries;
*    …and much more!
Table of contents: label: Introduction; label: General Overview; label: 1.  Outreach on Altmetrics: A Complete Guide; label: 2. Planning Altmetrics Workshops; label: 3. A Beginner’s Guide to Using Altmetrics for Promotion and Tenure; label: Special Issues in Librarianship & Altmetrics; label: 4. Using Traditional Metrics and Altmetrics for Collection Development; label: 5. A Practical Guide to Altmetrics for Scholarly Communications Librarians; label: 6. Using Altmetrics in Digital Libraries; label: The Future of Altmetrics; label: 7. A Short Guide to Keeping Up-To-Date on Altmetrics; label: 8. Where the Field May Be Headed; label: About This Ebook