Chapter 2. Major Altmetrics Tools

Authors

  • Robin Chin Roemer
  • Rachel Borchardt

Abstract

Chapter 2 of Library Technology Reports (vol. 51, no. 5), “Altmetrics”

Chapter 2 introduces the wide variety of online tools involved in the gathering and packaging of altmetrics data. These tools include general social media sites, scholarly peer networks that help researchers connect with each other and discover scholarly information, and harvester products that collect and aggregate information from other portions of the Social Web, both scholarly and nonscholarly. The chapter concludes with a look at different ways to critically evaluate these tools and other tools that may appear in the future altmetrics landscape.

Author Biographies

Robin Chin Roemer

Robin Chin Roemer is the instructional design & outreach services librarian at the University of Washington Libraries in Seattle, Washington. Her responsibilities include support for online learning, professional and continuing education programs, and information literacy initiatives across the UW Libraries. She holds a bachelor’s degree in English from UCLA, a master’s degree in English from UC Santa Barbara, and an MLIS from the University of Washington. Robin previously held the role of communication librarian at American University, where she worked closely with departments including journalism, film and media arts, communication studies, and public communication. She is the coauthor of the upcoming book, Meaningful Metrics: A 21st Century Librarian’s Guide to Bibliometrics, Altmetrics, and Research Impact, with her report coauthor Rachel Borchardt.

Rachel Borchardt

Rachel Borchardt is the science librarian at American University in Washington, DC. Her current job responsibilities include serving as a liaison to seven science departments, as well as responsibilities related to assessment, marketing, and research impact support within the library. She holds dual bachelor’s degrees in neuroscience and psychology from Oberlin College, as well as an MLIS with a specialization in medical librarianship from the University of Pittsburgh. Prior to her current position, she served as the biology and neuroscience and behavioral biology librarian at Emory University, and she has recently presented on the subject of altmetrics and academic libraries at several national-level venues, including the Charleston Conference and ALA Midwinter.

References

Jeff Bercovici, “Amazon vs. Book Publishers, by the Numbers,” Forbes, February 10, 2014, www.forbes.com/sites/jeffbercovici/2014/02/10/amazon-vs-book-publishers-by-the-numbers.

“‘Highly Cited’ and Other Impact Badges,” ImpactStory Feedback website, accessed March 12, 2015, http://feedback.impactstory.org/knowledgebase/articles/400281--highly-cited-and-other-impact

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Published

2015-07-02

Issue

Vol. 51 No. 5 (2015): July

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Chapters