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.
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.