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Re: Nice summary of the 2:AM Altmetrics conference

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Elizabeth Gadd <[log in to unmask]>

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A bibliometrics discussion list for the Library and Research Community <[log in to unmask]>

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Thanks for sharing this Nathalie.  I recall Euan Adie (Founder of Almetric) saying at the recent Altmetricon that it wasn't possible to measure impact and I'm sure that's right. The data should be seen as a starting point for a conversation rather than the final word.

I'd love to hear more about the user case studies you are developing at LSE if/when you are in a position to share them.  Are there other Altmetric users out there willing to share some altmetric use cases?

Best regards
Elizabeth

Elizabeth Gadd
Research Policy Manager (Publications)
Research Office
Loughborough University
Loughborough, Leicestershire, UK

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> On 26 Oct 2015, at 14:18, Cornee,NF <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I was there and am very glad I attended! This year's conference was celebrating the 5th birthday of the Altmetrics Manifesto and this anniversary lead to a large amount of reflection including some linguistics debate about the term "altmetrics" itself but it ended up with a consensus agreement that "altmetrics" is THE word used by the media, institutions, libraries and companies today. Another related (and familiar) topic was that we are still unclear what the word "impact" means and what it is that we're exactly trying to measure. Does "impact" mean the same for researchers or institutions? What should funding bodies or other science organisations consider when evaluating impact? Does readership differ from citations in terms of impact? Do we underestimate educational impact? Can altmetrics help with that? A NISO working group has started doing some work on this specific subject of "impact" and will publish their findings in February 2016. 
> Also, lots of discussion took place about the lack of standards or principles in the field of altmetrics. The fact that there is not a pool of common data between altmetrics providers makes it more difficult to compare. A study that was presented demonstrated this point very well as the authors compared altmetrics data from different providers for a similar sample of DOIs and found out very different mentions. The currently being developed CrossRef DOI Event Tracker may also help in solving some of these issues of quality and transparency as it aims to make the aggregation of altmetrics data easier.
> There were also many great presentations given on research done on the field of altmetrics, including some on the interpretation of the meaning of altmetrics in the light of citation theory, who are the people tweeting about research papers. I was also very interesting in some presentations in which the focus were more on librarians' use of altmetrics. Stacy Ponkiel's survey on US librarians showed that around 30% of US librarians are familiar with altmetrics but very few libraries use them actively in their daily tasks. Kristi Holmes (Galter Health Sciences Library) gave us an insight on how her team offers library-based assessment services to showcase meaningful impact.
> Overall I would say that this year's conference (all the presentations can be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/user/altmetricsconference ) focused on "more sources, more data, more research and more theory". It finished off with the altmetrics founders (altogether in the same room for the first time since 2010!!) calling for altmetrics to develop themselves further "to create knowledge, connect people and bring science forwards".
> 
> LSE recently purchased a subscription to altmetric.com and am currently developing some user case studies to evaluate how they perform. The conference really helped me in this perspective.
> 
> Nathalie
> 
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> Nathalie Cornée
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: A bibliometrics discussion list for the Library and Research Community [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Elizabeth Gadd
> Sent: 26 October 2015 13:18
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> Subject: Nice summary of the 2:AM Altmetrics conference
> 
> Dear colleagues,
> 
> There is a nice summary of the 2:AM Altmetrics conference on the Scholarly Kitchen blog today: http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2015/10/20/celebrating-five-years-of-altmetrics/
> 
> Did anyone on the list attend?  It would be great to hear what your main learning points were.
> 
> Best regards
> Elizabeth
> 
> Elizabeth Gadd
> Research Policy Manager (Publications)
> Research Office
> Loughborough University
> Loughborough, Leicestershire, UK
> 
> T: +44 (0)1509 228594
> S: lizziegadd
> E: [log in to unmask]

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