ER&L 2015

February 22–25, 2015

Austin, Texas

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Building Standards as Community Support for Altmetrics

Monday, February 23, 2015 at 10:00 AM–10:45 AM CST

Salon A/B

Conference Track

2. Collection Development & Assessment

Keywords

alt metrics, standards

Learning Objectives

Better understand the standards initiatives intended to support and promote acceptance of new forms of scholarly metrics, "alt metrics," in various applications, discuss and offer their own perspectives to working group members in order to improve standards output

Abstract

The second phase of the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) initiative to study, propose, and develop community-based standards/recommended practices in the field of alternative metrics is now under way. Representatives from working groups will discuss the work, their roles, and perspectives on the benefits of standards in this area.