ALTMETRICS ON CAMPUS

David Scherer @davidascherer

Scholarly Repository Specialist

WHAT UNIVERSITY PRESSES CAN LEARN FROM INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORIES

REPOSITORY-BASED ALTMETRICSDownload Statistics

Views

Hits

Google Analytics

Altmetric badges

WHAT’S THERE?

REPOSITORY-BASED ALTMETRICS

Authors• Automated Monthly Reports• Repository Author Dashboard• Embedded Altmetric Badges• Author-Centric Altmetric Dashboards

Administrators• Automated Monthly Reports• On-Demand Reports• Google Analytics Reports• Embedded Altmetric Badges• Publisher-Centric Altmetric Dashboards

WHERE DO YOU GET IT?

BENEFITS TO THE AUTHOR

Greater visibility of their publications

Uncover impact of recently published work

Interaction with a greater audience

Implications for promotion/tenure

BENEFITS TO THE PUBLISHER/STAKEHOLDERSGreater visibility/discoverability

Avenues for future publishing opportunities

Highlights usage of out-of-print/back catalog (argument for digitization)

Measurable data for assessment of services/impact of existence/ROI

OBSTACLES & CHALLENGES

• Identifier-Driven

DOIs, ISBNs, ORCID

• What are we measuring?

Define “Download”

• Gaming (Externally and Internally)

• Validation from the Academy

BENEFITS OF ALTMETRICS

IJPBL

JTRP

AQRRs

Knowledge Unlatched

ALTMETRIC NARRATIVES

WHAT CAN I DO?IMPLEMENTING ALTMETRIC PROGRAMS

Encourage authors to create ORCID and ImpactStory accounts

Consider embedding altmetric systems

Collaborate with Campus Partners, especially the Libraries

QUESTIONS & COMMENTS

Thank YouDavid Schererdscherer@purdue.edu @davidascherer