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Altmetrics : a practical guide for librarians, researchers and academics
/ edited by Andy Tattersall
London : Facet, 2016
Abstract: 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 professionals can play in facilitating these new ways of working and demonstrating impact and influe ...; [Read more...]
London : Facet, 2013
Abstract: Assessing impact is increasingly critical to the survival of services: managers now require comprehensive information about effectiveness, especially in relation to users. Outlining a rigorously tested approach to library evaluation and offering practical tools and highly relevant examples, this book enables LIS managers to get to grips with the slippery concept of service impact and to address their own impact questions in their planning. The 2nd edition is fully updated to include in ...; [Read more...]
London : Facet, 2015
Abstract: With the wealth of data available to library and information services, analytics are the key to truly understanding your users and your field of operations and to improving your services. This book details the many opportunities analytics present to libraries, and provides inspiration for how you can use the data within your systems to help inform decisions and drive services.