From: Ann Okerson <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 19:51:02 -0400 Worth a detour. How can/will ALMs interact or intersect with today's journal title level measurement tools? Ann Okerson ************* http://www.sparc.arl.org/bm~doc/sparc-alm-primer.pdf By Greg Tananbaum April 16, 2013 Today, SPARC released a new community resource, Article-Level Metrics -- A SPARC Primer, delving into Article-Level Metrics (ALMs) an emerging hot topic in the scholarly publishing arena. Article-Level Metrics (ALMs) are rapidly emerging as important tools to quantify how individual articles are being discussed, shared, and used. This new SPARC primer is designed to give campus leaders and other interested parties an overview of what ALMs are, why they matter, how they complement established utilities and metrics, and how they might be considered for use in the tenure and promotion process.