Event Title

What Does Your Repository Do?: Understanding and Calculating Impact

Location

Room 205, Christopher Center for Library and Information Resources, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN

Start Date

31-7-2014 1:35 PM

End Date

31-7-2014 2:05 PM

Description

Librarians working in scholarly communications need to understand how to calculate and explain how including work in a repository affects its impact. This presentation describes the current state of research and practice into metrics for repositories including traditional metrics and newer alternative metrics, and some preliminary results of a research study assessing the usage and impact of a Digital Commons repository.

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Jul 31st, 1:35 PM Jul 31st, 2:05 PM

What Does Your Repository Do?: Understanding and Calculating Impact

Room 205, Christopher Center for Library and Information Resources, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN

Librarians working in scholarly communications need to understand how to calculate and explain how including work in a repository affects its impact. This presentation describes the current state of research and practice into metrics for repositories including traditional metrics and newer alternative metrics, and some preliminary results of a research study assessing the usage and impact of a Digital Commons repository.