NISO June Virtual Conference: Transforming Assessment: Alternative Metrics
and Other Trends

Virtual conferences are 5-6 hour conferences held online in webinar-like
formats, with occasional breaks in the schedule for participants. The longer
length allows the depth of coverage of a conference coupled with the
convenience of a webinar.

Date: June 18, 2014

Time: 11:00 am - 5:00 pm Eastern

Event webpage: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2014/virtual/assessment/

ABOUT THE VIRTUAL CONFERENCE

For decades, the landscape of assessment has been reasonably stable with
traditional metrics, primarily the Journal Impact Factor (JIF), now provided
by Thomson-Reuters. The JIF has served the community reasonably well for
many decades, but with the growth of social media, open access mandates, and
greater emphasis on articles over the journal "package," new methods of
assessing quality and impact have exploded on the scene. The current metrics
focus on the journal also leaves out a wide variety of non-traditional
output of research such as data sets, software, visualization tools, or
performance recordings, which are as-or even more-important than the journal
article in some disciplines.

The new "alternative metrics" are not without their own issues. As with any
new measures, different interpretations of the definitions exist, the
metrics are inconsistently applied, or data from comprehensive ranges of
sources are limited. NISO initiated a project in 2013 to identify issues
around the new altmetrics that could be solved with standards or best
practices. Phase 2 of the project is to develop the prioritized standards
and recommended practices identified by the community.

This Virtual Conference will explore the range of new metrics forms and the
infrastructure necessary to create reliable measures across the range of
platforms, publishers, and authors. It will also discuss the current status
of the NISO Altmetrics Initiative and what standards or best practices may
be forthcoming in this area.

TOPICS AND SPEAKERS

.         Keynote Address: Altmetrics at the Portfolio Level - Paul Groth,
Ph.D., Assistant Professor at the VU University Amsterdam

.         Snowball Metrics: University-Owned Benchmarking to Reveal
Strengths within All Activities - Dr. Lisa Colledge, Snowball Metrics
Program Director, Elsevier

.         The Intersection between Library Management and Informatics
Scholarship: Understanding, Assessing and Reporting Research Impact - Kristi
L. Holmes, Ph.D., Director, Galter Health Sciences Library, Northwestern
University, Feinberg School of Medicine

.         What Do Alternative Metrics and the 'Flight of the Bumblebee' Have
in Common? - Martha Kyrillidou, Senior Director of Statistics and Service
Quality Programs, Association of Research Libraries (ARL)

.         Identifying the Invisible Impact of Scholarly Publications: A
Multi-Disciplinary Analysis Using Altmetrics - Ehsan Mohammadi, Ph.D.
Candidate, Wolverhampton University

.         A Publisher's Perspective on Using Altmetrics - TBA

.         Virginia Tech's Response to Research Data Needs: The Center for
Digital Research and Scholarship - 
Julie G. Speer, Associate Dean for Research and Informatics, University
Libraries, Virginia Tech

.         NISO Altmetrics Initiative: A Project Update  - Martin Fenner,
Technical Lead for the PLOS Article-Level Metrics project

.         Conference Roundtable: Finding Acceptance and Value: Why
Altmetrics Matter

REGISTRATION

Registration is per site (access for one computer) and closes at 4:00 pm
Eastern on June 17, 2014 (the day before the virtual conference). Discounts
are available for NISO members and students. All virtual conference
registrants receive access to the recorded version for one year.

Can't make it on the day of the virtual conference? All registrants receive
access to the recorded version for one year. Take advantage of the Virtual
Conference subscription package
(www.niso.org/news/events/2014/virtual/#subscription
<http://www.niso.org/news/events/2014/virtual/%23subscription> ) for all six
of the 2014 Virtual Conferences and save 33%. (Previously held 2014 virtual
conferences available in recorded versions.)

For more information and to register, visit the event webpage:
http://www.niso.org/news/events/2014/virtual/assessment/

 

Cynthia Hodgson

Technical Editor / Consultant

National Information Standards Organization

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