1. Altmetrics are for Everyone!
Emma Molls, Megan O’Donnell, & Kelly Thompson
Members of the ISU Scholarly Communications Team

2. Today: Altmetrics: why now? Workshop development Workshop walkthrough
Lessons and outcomes

3. Altmetrics = “alternative metrics”
Supplement other measures of academic success
Only work online
Track/measure digital interactions
Do not replace: citations, your H-index, or a journal’s impact factor.
Only work in a networked environment

4. Altmetrics are already on campus
Institutional repository
Publisher metrics
New forms of research and research outputs
Provided authors with downloads, searches that lead to their papers and # of “views”
We have authors publishing in OA journals that provide altmetrics (PLOS)
Such as code and podcasts

5. Workshop Development Needed an “anchor” Content
Accessible and friendly
Shout out to our colleague Lorrie Pellack, who’s been teaching about research “impacts” for years.
Anchor: Reference source and easy access to online tools
Content: Other guides were: out of date: ReaderMeter, dense, deep separation of the sciences and humanities
Accessible: needed it to be useful for a wide audience – campus has a high # of new Fac and high grad student attendance at workshops

6. Workshop Walkthrough http://bit.ly/ISUaltmetrics OR

7. Workshop: Lessons Learned & Outcomes
Met new people!
Librarians enjoyed it!
Walking the talk…

9. Altmetrics REALLY are for everyone!
Please Remix/Reuse/Redistribute/Revise the guide Don’t worry, it’s OK to not know everything…and have fun with altmetrics on your campus!