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.
Mendeley Institutional Edition
Post date: 03 jan 2013
David Main, Swets CEO, takes a look back at some of the highlights of 2012 for the company, including the launch of Mendeley Institutional Edition, a new look for Swets and the launch of the LibServ business. He also hints at what will be important in 2013.
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: 31 okt 2012
This article features interviews with Dr Victor Henning from Mendeley and David Main from Swets, and investigates the origins of the partnership to form Mendeley Institutional Edition.
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.
Post date: 05 jul 2012
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.