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.
Altmetrics
Post date: 19 nov 2012
The final part in the series of interview posts looking at the Swets-Mendeley partnership looks at the initial reception of Mendeley Institutional Edition in the market, and what the future may hold
Post date: 09 nov 2012
This is the second part of the interviews with David Main and Victor Henning surrounding Mendeley and the development of Mendeley Institutional Edition as new way to measure impact.
Post date: 04 sep 2012
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.
Post date: 31 aug 2012
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.
Post date: 29 aug 2012
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.
Post date: 16 aug 2012
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.
