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28 feb 2013 » Research Productivity » By Fin Galligan

Altmetrics for Libraries: 3 themes

We look at a summary of three potential uses that libraries might make of altmetric data in this post, and attempt to show that considered use of this data can help advance several functions of the library.
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04 sep 2012 » Research Productivity, Selection Management » By Fin Galligan

Altmetrics for Librarians and Institutions: Part III

Part III: Altmetrics in the wider academic context. This post looks at the role of altmetrics in tenure and grant awards, departmental impact and institutional repositories, as well as thoughts on a single scoring system and altmetrics for eBooks.
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31 aug 2012 » Research Productivity, Selection Management » By Fin Galligan

Altmetrics for Librarians and Institutions: Part II

Part II: Librarians and the benefits of altmetrics. The second part of this series of posts on altmetrics looks at some specific ways in which they may assist librarians in their roles.
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29 aug 2012 » Research Productivity, Selection Management » By Fin Galligan

Altmetrics for Librarians and Institutions: Part I

Part I: Altmetrics landscape, impact and value. In this series of three posts we look at the world of emerging metrics as indicators of impact and what value they may hold for academic institutions and librarians.
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16 aug 2012 » Research Productivity » By Fin Galligan

Filtering the research record and farming big data

Mendeley acts as an organic filter of the research record. The data generated from this large network now provides a set of metrics that have serious applications for librarians.
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05 jul 2012 » Research Productivity » By Fin Galligan

How to choose a reference manager

The reference manager has value beyond the core management and aggregation of reference data. Use our helpful checklist to guide you through the selection process for your library and your users.
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02 jul 2012 » Research Productivity » By Fin Galligan

Socializing for a collaborative workflow

Social networking for academics is a hot topic right now, but do these platforms really offer value to the research cycle?
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