Comment & practical guidance from the LIS-Bibliometrics community
Jeffrey Demaine a Canadian Bibliomatrician reflects on the 28th Nordic Workshop on Bibliometrics and Research Policy in Gothenburg, Sweden, providing a thoughtful summary of the state of the field in the EU. In October 2023, I attended the 28th Nordic Workshop on Bibliometrics and Research Policy in Gothenburg, Sweden. Hosted by Chalmers University of Technology …
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Authors Maddie Hare, Heather Woods, Isabelle Dorsch, Carey Ming-Li Chen, and Stefanie Haustein, discuss their groundbreaking work on the Metrics Literacies Project. The Metrics Literacies project is informed by this concept: 'an integrated set of competencies, dispositions and knowledge that empowers individuals to recognize, interpret, critically assess and effectively and ethically use scholarly metrics,' which is guided …
We are delighted to share some news about our next conference with the bibliometrics community. While we were initially planning to hold our annual conference this year, we've decided to take a bold leap and make it even better by hosting it both online and in person next year. Even though we haven't yet decided …
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Start a conversation about Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in the research landscape with LIS-Bibliometrics Committee members, Sheila Craft-Morgan and Nicola Wylie, LIS-Bibliometrics EDI Officers, and invited guest Janne Pölönen, Federation of Finnish Learned Societies. Registration: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/fa1367c9-b942-427d-b791-583350cb501f@9c9bcd11-977a-4e9c-a9a0-bc734090164a Silhouettes People Group. Image from Pixabay. Event Details What is the role of librarians to ensure that the scholarly …
Rachel Miles, lead author of the guide, discusses some key points from the new Using Altmetric Data Responsibly guide, which is now added to the collection of Responsible Use Guides from the LIS-Bibliometrics Community. This guide focuses specifically on data and attention sources from the altmetrics data provider, Altmetric. Altmetric, owned by Digital Science, is …
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