2. Collection Development & Assessment

alt metrics, standards

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  

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.