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A Measured Approach: Evaluating Altmetrics as a Library Service

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  • The emergence of altmetrics has drawn the attention of academic libraries as a new and effective approach for capturing the types of impact often ignored by traditional citation-based metrics. At Oregon State University Libraries, before investing in a full-scale implementation of altmetrics services, we conducted an assessment survey of faculty and other researchers in order to determine whether such products were as valuable to researchers as tradition- al bibliometrics (including h-index and journal impact factor). Based on the survey results, this chapter seeks to understand best practices for the intro- duction and implementation of altmetrics services. The results reveal a mix- ture of both enthusiasm and suspicion toward altmetrics as an impact meas- ure. Ultimately, we find that, while academic libraries are in the best position to act as intermediary providers of altmetrics services, there is much need for refinement of altmetrics evaluation techniques and a more robust set of best practices for institution-wide implementation.
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  • Zhang, H; Jackson, K. (2016). A Measured Approach: Evaluating Altmetrics as a Library Service. In Kevin.Smith & Katherine.Dickson (Eds.), Open Access and the Future of Scholarly Communication – Implementation (pp. 97-128). Rowman & Littlefield
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