Following on from my recent post on the evolution of scholarly metrics I posted my chapter from Andy Tattersall’s new book on Altmetrics. Well, Andy’s also done a nice little video on the subject which you might also be interested in.
Tag: metrics
Bookmarked: Report – From Bricks to Clicks
Today sees the release of The Higher Education Commission’s report entitled: From Bricks to Clicks – The Potential of Data and Analytics in Higher Education As the authors describe it, the report: undertakes a review of the current data landscape across English higher education institutions, looking at data collections, learning analytics and the current barriers…
The Evolution of Scholarly and Information Metrics
In my previous role as Head of Scholarly and Library Futures at Jisc, I agreed to contribute a chapter to a new book by Andy Tattersall on Altmetrics (Altmetrics: A practical guide for librarians, researchers and academics) from Facet Publishing. Now that the book is published, I thought it worthwhile posting my piece, in full, on…
Would I write a book again…?
One of the reasons I thought I’d start a blog again is that I have recently finished writing/editing a book. Library Analytics and Metrics: Using data to drive decisions and services was published in April 2015 by Facet and is the first book I have been involved in editing entirely myself. After having spent over…