From: Richard Gedye <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2014 18:20:40 +0000

AN INTRODUCTION TO ALTMETRICS
The latest webinar from STM's Library Relations Group

Wednesday , October 1, 2014
11:00am EDT (New York)
4:00pm BST (London)

This webinar will provide delegates with a quick introduction to
altmetrics, looking at the range of alternative ways currently being
deployed to measure the impact of published research. In particular
the session will aim to:-

• Give an insight into the extent to which altmetrics are currently
being provided

• Assess both the additional insights which they can bring over and
above longer standing measures like citation, as well as their
limitations and constraints

• Discover how they are currently being used or how their use is
currently being considered by libraries, publishers, and end users

• Look at how they are compiled and derived, exploring the extent to
which seemingly similar metrics are (to use the original COUNTER
mantra) genuinely consistent, compatible, and credible

•  Summarise current efforts to introduce cross sector standards into
this emerging field

To register for this free webinar, go to:

http://goto.copyright.com/Anintroductiontoaltmetrics

PRESENTERS

David Crotty is a Senior Editor with Oxford University Press' journal
publishing program. David received his PhD in Genetics from Columbia
University and did developmental neuroscience research at Caltech
before moving from the bench to a science publishing house.  As the
Executive Editor of the Society for Scholarly Publishing's Scholarly
Kitchen blog, David regularly writes about the intersection of
technology and publishing.

Kristi Holmes is an Associate Professor in Preventive Medicine-Health
and Biomedical Informatics at Northwestern University and Director of
Galter Health Sciences Library, where they are launching a number of
new initiatives, including a library-based impact and evaluation
service program. Her research efforts focus on open approaches to
better identify, understand, and maximize meaningful impacts of
research efforts on both the micro and macro level.

Todd Carpenter is Executive Director of the National Information
Standards Organization (NISO), a non-profit industry trade association
that fosters the development and maintenance of standards that
facilitate the creation, persistent management, and effective
interchange of information used in publishing, research and learning.