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Using Altmetrics in Academic Libraries
Conference Track
2. Collection Development & Assessment
Keywords
Altmetrics, Academic Libraries, Collection Development and Assessment, Scholarly communication
Learning Objectives
identify and recommend specific uses for altmetrics in library collection development and assessment, explain to their scholar-patrons how altmetrics can help to gauge the influence of their research and scholarly activities
Abstract
I will examine the usefulness of altmetrics to the academic library for collection development and assessment. I will discuss their advantages and disadvantages relative to more traditional metrics, and propose some specific uses to which academic libraries may put altmetrics in support of the transitions now occurring in scholarly communication.
Presenters
![[photo]](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e351a4c01301450ce77ff12d3e7b7159.png?d=https://proposalspace.com/images/no_photo.png&r=PG&s=50 "Dr Sarah Sutton, Emporia State University School of Library and Information Science")