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New E-Books for Researchers Now Available
The library has recently purchased the following e-books that can now be borrowed through Nelson;
Altmetrics: a practical guide for librarians……. Andy Tattersall.
The data librarian’s handbook by Robin Rice and John Southall.
Data management for researchers….. Kristin Briney.
Principles of data management and presentation….. John P. Hoffmann.
User experience in libraries (Applying Ethnography and Human-Centred Design)….. Andy Priestner.
Top 100 – Altmetrics – 2017
The Altmetric Top 100 2017 is here! Check out this year’s list of the most talked about articles. http://altmetric.com/top100
What are Altmetrics?
- Attention to research outputs in non-traditional sources, e.g. policy documents, news, blogs and social media
- Indicators of research impact
- Help understand how research is being received and used
- Complementary to traditional citation-based analysis
Why Altmetrics?
- Provide a more coherent understanding of research attention
- Understand the broader reach and early impact of research
- Track attention to a broad range of research outputs, including articles, posters, data sets and working papers, etc.
- Help researchers get credit for impact activities
Advantages of Metrics for Single Research Outputs
- Real-time, immediate feedback on attention to scholarly content
- Useful for early career researchers whose work may not have accrued citations
- Showcase attention to a research output beyond academia
- Not biased by an over-arching metric
The Altmetric Bookmarklet
The free Bookmarklet lets you instantly retrieve altmetrics data for any article.
To install, go to: http://altmetric.it
Remember that the Numbers Don’t Tell You…
- Quality of the paper
- Quality of the researchers
- Whole story
Adapted from https://www.altmetric.com/
12pm – 1 pm – Tuesday 21st March – Research Methods – Professor Charles Oppenheim
FREE WEBINAR
Professor Charles Oppenheim will be presenting on Research Methods (Part 3)
Covering:
- Nick Moores Info Policy Analysis Matrix
- Bibliometrics
- Citation Analysis
- Measuring Impact
- Journal Impact Factor
- Altmetrics
- Getting Published
Get your free ticket now at:
Webinar link will be sent out to all who have registered by 11 am on the 21st of March 2017.
Webinar with Professor Charles Oppenheim – Part 3 – Research Methods
I hope that you are able to join us for our last webinar in this series on research methods.
Time: 12 pm – 1 pm
Location: Wherever you have access to a laptop/desktop/mobile… and wifi
Date: 21st of March 2017
Topics to be covered:
- Nick Moores Info Policy Analysis Matrix
- Bibliometrics
- Citation Analysis
- Measuring Impact
- Journal Impact Factor
- Altmetrics
- Getting Published
Interested?
Sign up through: http://bit.ly/2mJ5Zft
Webinar link will be sent out to all who have registered by 11 am on the 21st of March 2017.
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