ER&L 2014

March 16–19, 2014

Austin, Texas

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Alternative Metrics as a Discovery Tool

Monday, March 17, 2014 at 10:55 AM–11:40 AM CDT

Room 105

Conference Track

6. Scholarly Communication

Keywords

Altmetrics, Open Access

Learning Objectives

Understand the current role of alternative metrics in scholarly publishing

Use ALM tools to assist authors and institutions associated with the library

Abstract

From the perspective of repositories and publishing, this panel will explore the current role of alternative metrics in scholarly publishing as a method of filtering the best research in the sea of material published every day in the Open Access landscape.