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Record Nr.

UNINA9910136004303321

Titolo

Altmetrics : a practical guide for librarians, researchers and academics / / edited by Andy Tattersall [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Facet, , 2016

ISBN

1-78330-151-1

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 214 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

020.72/7

Soggetti

Library science - Research - Methodology

Bibliometrics - Methodology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Jul 2018).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

; Introduction / Andy Tattersall -- Road map: From Web 2.0 to altmetrics / Andy Tattersall -- "Metrics of the trade": where have we come from? / Andrew Booth -- The evolution of library metrics / Ben Showers -- ; The rise of altmetrics / Euan Adie -- Beyond bibliometrics: altmetrics reflects information about enagagement with more types of scholarly content from more types of consumers / William Gunn -- Considerations for implementing new technologies / Andy Tattersall -- Resources and tools / Andy Tattersall -- The connected academic: implementing altmetrics within your organization / Andy Tattersall -- Appmetrics: improving impact on the go / Claire Beecroft -- Open peer review / Andy Tattersall -- ; Conclusion / Andy Tattersall.

Sommario/riassunto

This book gives an overview of altmetrics, its tools and how to implement them successfully to boost and measure research outputs. New methods of scholarly communication and dissemination of information are having a huge impact on how academics and researchers build profiles and share research. This groundbreaking and highly practical guide looks at the role that library and information professionals can play in facilitating these new ways of working and demonstrating impact and influence.