We’re pleased to announce yet another altmetrics resource for librarians: ready-to-reuse altmetrics LibGuides!
As an academic librarian, I know how hard it can be to find and compile timely, trustworthy resources on a topic like altmetrics. That’s why I’ve created two altmetrics LibGuides, now available for reuse under a CC-BY 4.0 license.
These “Ultimate Guides to Altmetrics” can help researchers and librarians better understand the benefits to (and limitations of) altmetrics. They include:
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Examples of ways that researchers have used altmetrics in their CVs and for tenure and grants
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Up-to-date tutorials on finding citation counts and altmetrics for articles, books, data, software, and more
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Detailed comparisons of Altmetric.com, Impactstory, and PlumX
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Curated videos, handouts, presentations, and other librarian-created altmetrics outreach materials
These are among the most up-to-date, comprehensive altmetrics LibGuides currently available. Check them out, I think you’ll agree:
The Ultimate Guide to Altmetrics (Researcher Edition)
The Ultimate Guide to Altmetrics (Librarian Edition)
Reuse these LibGuides at your own library or pass them along to a colleague. And please do let me know if you have questions or suggestions for improvements (team@impactstory.org).
What’s happened to these links? Each one goes to the Springshare homepage instead of an IS guide.
Looks like these are sadly no longer active! I’ve archived the text for posterity on Figshare:
http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1342800
http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1342799