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Altmetrics For The Information Professional: A Primer, Linda M. Galloway, Janet L. Pease
Altmetrics For The Information Professional: A Primer, Linda M. Galloway, Janet L. Pease
Libraries' and Librarians' Publications
Altmetrics, or alternative citation metrics, provide researchers and scholars with new ways to track influence across a wide range of media and platforms. From deciding what to read based on tweets, to enhancing scholarship with collaboration, altmetrics will exert more and more influence on the scholarly landscape. Awareness of altmetric tools, and the ways in which they can be used, will position information professionals at the forefront of this exciting new era in knowledge dissemination and assessment.
As social media plays an ever increasing role in the communication of scholarship, the authors will discuss how altmetrics can be a valuable …
Citation Metrics, Anne E. Rauh, Linda M. Galloway
Citation Metrics, Anne E. Rauh, Linda M. Galloway
Libraries' and Librarians' Publications
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Embedding Librarians Into The Stem Publication Process, Anne E. Rauh, Linda M. Galloway
Embedding Librarians Into The Stem Publication Process, Anne E. Rauh, Linda M. Galloway
Libraries' and Librarians' Publications
STEM Librarians at Syracuse University actively participate throughout the scientific publication process. This chapter will outline points in the process where librarian involvement is applicable and beneficial. Librarians Anne Rauh and Linda Galloway will explain how and why it is important to teach tools that organize scientific literature to faculty and students before they begin the writing process. The use of assessment techniques to help inform targeted publication venues will be described. Post-publication, this chapter will describe how to help authors gauge the impact of their work, promote their publications and increase their visibility.