Altmetrics

With the widespread adoption of information technology, the behavior of scholars has changed in recent years. Traditional measures of scholarly impact have come under increasing criticism for being inadequate. How can we measure the influence of scholarly work in the newly emerging online environment? This workshop focuses on the rise of altmetrics, alternative measures of scholarly influence. Alternative resources for measuring research impact will be introduced and discussed and their advantages and disadvantages will be noted. Attendees will learn how to monitor personal and institutional research impact in new ways, track research significance and influence in a timely and comprehensive manner, and achieve a better understanding of how the scholarly landscape may change in the years ahead.

• Learning Outcomes:

• Will know why traditional metrics are increasingly considered inadequate

• Will know what altmetrics is and what and how it measures scholarly importance

• Will know the most important altmetrics resources and how they work and what they can tell you

• Audience: All students, faculty

• Date/time: Friday, April 7, 2-4 pm

• Presenters: