Blog posts

Altmetrics for Libraries: 3 themes

Mar 04, 2013 08:51 SGT Swets We look at a summary of three potential uses that libraries might make of altmetric data in this post, and attempt to show that considered use of this data can help advance several functions of the library.

Centering the library in the research workflow

Nov 29, 2012 10:43 SGT Swets The final part in the series of interview posts looking at the Swets-Mendeley partnership looks at the initial reception of Mendeley Institutional Edition in the market, and what the future may hold

Recalculating impact with new, big data

Nov 12, 2012 09:16 SGT Swets This is the second part of the interviews with David Main and Victor Henning surrounding Mendeley and the development of Mendeley Institutional Edition as new way to measure impact.

Partnering to harness data capabilities

Nov 02, 2012 15:24 SGT Swets This article features interviews with Dr Victor Henning from Mendeley and David Main from Swets, and investigates the origins of the partnership to form Mendeley Institutional Edition.

Altmetrics for Librarians and Institutions: Part III : Altmetrics in the wider academic context

Sep 05, 2012 09:06 SGT Swets Part III: Altmetrics in the wider academic context. This post looks at the role of altmetrics in tenure and grant awards, departmental impact and institutional repositories, as well as thoughts on a single scoring system and altmetrics for eBooks.

Altmetrics for Librarians and Institutions: Part II : Librarians and the benefits of altmetrics

Sep 03, 2012 14:16 SGT Swets Part II: Librarians and the benefits of altmetrics. The second part of this series of posts on altmetrics looks at some specific ways in which they may assist librarians in their roles.

Filtering the research record and farming big data

Aug 17, 2012 09:14 SGT Swets Mendeley acts as an organic filter of the research record. The data generated from this large network now provides a set of metrics that have serious applications for librarians.