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S36-03 - Standards for Altmetrics? What's Next?
Conference Track
2. Collection Development & Assessment
Learning Objectives
become familiar with community-developed definitions and valuation of elements of alternative assessment metrics, discuss with their colleagues the feasibility of introducing these newer assessment measures in their own environments
Abstract
This talk will update its audience on work done at NISO to advance standards and recommended practices for altmetrics, including term definitions and use cases; identification of "alternative" research output forms (besides "an article"); and a code of conduct for data producers to demonstrate adherence to community definitions for data quality.
*This short talk is part of session "S36 - Standards & Best Practices"