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Friday, November 7 • 12:45pm - 2:00pm
The Promise and Perils of 'Alternative Metrics': What Librarians Need to Know about the #Altmetrics Landscape

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Every couple of years a new trendy topic comes to the fore, and of late it's been all things #altmetrics​. But what are alternative metrics really and what do librarians need to know about them? The landscape of bibliometrics is in great flux as traditional metrics of scholarly impact (i.e. H-index, citations, and impact factor) meet new web-native metrics of social/societal impact. Researchers and those who support them -- libraries, grant administrators, and scholarly communications offices -- need to be aware of these metrics to understand what such metrics can tell an researcher or institution about their reach, who is engaging with their research, and what they're saying about that research.

Join PLOS, NISO, and librarians from American University and Harvard University on a panel moderated by Altmetric.com for an overview of the landscape, challenges/opportunities libraries should consider, and efforts on establish standards and best practices. This will be moderated discussion between the panel and the audience. Each panelist will be give 5 minutes to briefly introduce themselves and work in the space. We'll then open the floor to questions and debate on various topics. The moderator will solicit questions in advance via twitter.
Moderators
avatar for Sara Rouhi

Sara Rouhi

Product Sales Manager, The Americas, Altmetric.com
Sara Rouhi has worked in scholarly publishing for seven years and manages sales and outreach in North America for Altmetric.com. She speaks and runs workshops on metrics in practice and the scholarly publishing process at library and scholarly publishing conferences worldwide. | | She is an active member of the Society of Scholarly Publishing's Education Committee and currently runs their Librarian Focus Group program. She was awarded... Read More →

Speakers
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Rachel Borchardt

Science Librarian, American University
Rachel Borchardt is the science librarian at American University. Her professional research focuses on the intersection of metrics and libraries, and she has written and presented on the topic in many venues, including a recent book publication titled Meaningful Metrics: A 21st-Century Librarian's Guide to Bibliometrics, Altmetrics and Research Impact, published by the American Library Association and available from the ALA Store and Amazon... Read More →
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John Chodacki

Product Director, PLOS
John Chodacki is Product Director for Public Library of Science. In his role, he oversees the tools and services that support PLOS' publishing program as well as PLOS’ Article Level Metrics initiative and Data program. John has spent most of his career leading digital publishing initiatives. Before joining PLOS, he managed the product management team at VIZ Media. Prior to that, he managed cross-functional digital publishing teams at... Read More →
avatar for Scott Lapinski

Scott Lapinski

Scholarly Communication & Research Librarian, Harvard Medical School

Friday November 7, 2014 12:45pm - 2:00pm
Colonial Ballroom, Embassy Suites 337 Meeting Street, Charleston, SC 29403
  Lively Lunch, DS: Digital Scholarship