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Session Notes
Scholarly metrics and the systems that deliver them can seem dauntingly complex and shrouded in mystique: but they’re becoming increasingly important to academic librarians and researchers. There are increasing demands to support patrons’ needs in this area, and to help them prepare funding applications and project proposals with a complex set of metrics.
While many commercial products are usually well supported, and often free/open products benefit from a supportive community, this isn’t always the case -- often “getting started” is the biggest hurdle. And when you have the numbers, how can you present them in a compelling and informative way?
Four experts give a user-centered introduction to some of their favorite free, open and commercial platforms. This presentation is particularly suitable to early-stage librarians, and those who are getting increasingly involved in the world of scholarly research metrics.
We plan on focusing on two or three platforms each, and providing our audience with strong takeaways. Platforms will include (but are not limited to…): ImpactStory, Altmetric, Web of Science, Dimensions for Funders, Publons, Kudos, iCite, and Publish-or-Perish.
All speakers will encourage audience contributions for examples of difficult metric-related conversations in which they’ve participated, and time will be left at the end of the session for answers and problem-solving. The four speakers will provide creative suggestions about ways in which the various platforms discussed might have been used effectively within the context of each situation described by the attendees.
