17 More Essential Altmetrics Resources (the Library Version)

As promised, I have compiled some “required reading” related specifically to altmetrics and their use in libraries. These articles and blog posts actually comprise a majority of the writing out there on altmetrics in libraries–there’s surprisingly little that librarians have written to date on how our profession might use altmetrics to enhance our work.

Ironically enough (given librarians’ own OA advocacy), some of the articles linked below have been published in toll access library science journals. Apologies in advance for any paywalls you may encounter. (Though if you do find barriers to access, you should tell OA Button about it!)

General

• Corrall, S., Kennan, M. A., & Afzal, W. (2013). Bibliometrics and Research Data Management Services: Emerging Trends in Library Support for Research. Library Trends, 61(3), 636–674. doi:10.1353/lib.2013.0005
• Galligan, F., & Dyas-Correia, S. (2013). Altmetrics: Rethinking the Way We Measure. Serials Review, 39(1), 56–61. doi:10.1016/j.serrev.2013.01.003
• Galligan, F. (2012). Altmetrics for Librarians and Institutions: Part I. SwetsBlog. Retrieved from http://www.swets.com/blog/altmetrics-for-librarians-and-institutions-part-i
• Galligan, F. (2012). Altmetrics for Librarians and Institutions: Part II. SwetsBlog. Retrieved from http://www.swets.com/blog/altmetrics-for-librarians-and-institutions-part-ii
• Lapinski, S., Piwowar, H., & Priem, J. (2013). Riding the crest of the altmetrics wave: How librarians can help prepare faculty for the next generation of research impact metrics, 4. Digital Libraries. Retrieved from http://arxiv.org/abs/1305.3328
• Rodgers, E., & Barbrow, S. (2013, September 5). A Look at Altmetrics and Its Growing Significance to Research Libraries. Retrieved from http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/99709
• Roemer, R. C., & Borchardt, R. (2012). From bibliometrics to altmetrics. College & Research Libraries News, 73(10), 596–600. Retrieved from http://crln.acrl.org/content/73/10/596.full
• Roemer, R. C., & Borchardt, R. (2013). Institutional Altmetrics and Academic Libraries. Information Standards Quarterly, 25(2). doi:10.3789/isqv25no2.2013.03
• Strasser, C. (2013). Universities can improve academic services through wider recognition of altmetrics and alt-products. Impact of Social Sciences [blog]. Retrieved from
  http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2013/10/15/universities-can-improve-academic-services-through-altmetrics/

Collection Development

• Pesch, O. (2012). Usage Factor for Journals: A New Measure for Scholarly Impact. Serials Librarian, 63(3/4), 261–268. doi:10.1080/0361526X.2012.722522
• Shepherd, P. T. (2007). Final Report on the Investigation into the Feasibility of Developing and Implementing Journal Usage Factors. Retrieved from http://www.uksg.org/usagefactors/final

Research Data Curation

• Weber, N. M., Thomer, A. K., Mayernik, M. S., Dattore, B., Ji, Z., & Worley, S. (2013). The Product and System Specificities of Measuring Curation Impact. International Journal of Digital Curation, 8(2).  doi:10.2218/ijdc.v8i2.286

Institutional Repositories

• Day, M., & Michael Day. (2004). Institutional repositories and research assessment. Project Report. UKOLN, University of Bath. (pp. 1–30). Bath: University of Bath. Retrieved from http://opus.bath.ac.uk/23308/
• Frank Scholz, S. D. (2006). International Workshop on Institutional Repositories and Enhanced and Alternative Metrics of Publication Impact. CERN. Retrieved from http://edoc.hu-berlin.de/series/dini-schriften/2006-8/PDF/8.pdf
• Konkiel, S., & Scherer, D. (2013). New opportunities for repositories in the age of altmetrics. Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 39(4), 22–26. doi:10.1002/bult.2013.1720390408
• Merceur, F., Gall, M. Le, Salaün, A., & Le Gall, M. (2011). Bibliometrics: a new feature for institutional repositories. In 14th Biennal EURASLIC Meeting (pp. 1–21). Lyon. Retrieved from http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00031/14253/11886.pdf
• Organ, M. K. (2006). Download Statistics – What Do They Tell Us? The Example of Research Online, the Open Access Institutional Repository at the University of Wollongong, Australia. D-Lib Magazine. Retrieved February 13, 2012, from http://ro.uow.edu.au/asdpapers/44/

Do you have “must read” articles relating to libraries and altmetrics that didn’t make it on this list? Leave ’em in the comments below!

Want to read some general altmetrics-related research? Check out the original list of 17 Essential Altmetrics Resources.