1st Edition
Altmetrics A practical guide for librarians, researchers and academics
Edited By Andy Tattersall
Copyright 2016
224 Pages
by
Facet Publishing
224 Pages
by
Facet Publishing
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... Read more
1. Introduction - Andy Tattersall 2. Road map: From web 2.0 to altmetrics - Andy Tattersall 3. "Metrics of the trade": where have we come from? - Andrew Booth 4. The evolution of library metrics - Ben Showers 5. The rise of altmetrics - Euan Adie 6. Beyond bibliometrics: altmetrics reflects information about enagagement with more types of scholarly content from more types of consumers - William Gunn 7. Considerations for implementing new technologies - Andy Tattersall 8. Resources and tools - Andy Tattersall 9. The connected academic - implementing altmetrics within your organisation - Andy Tattersall 10. Appmetrics - improving impact on the go - Claire Beecroft 11. Open peer review - Andy Tattersall 12. Conclusion - Andy Tattersall
Biography
Andy Tattersall
