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Filtering the research record and farming big data
Read more about Filtering the research record and farming big dataMendeley Institutional Edition (MIE) powered by Swets is an extension of the Mendeley research management platform, which funnels data...
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Altmetrics for Librarians and Institutions: Part I
Part I: Altmetrics landscape, impact and valueIn an earlier post on the SwetsBlog, we explored the many metrics and techniques that can be used in a full journal collection analysis within a library....
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Part II: Librarians and the benefits of altmetricsWhy would librarians need to know about web impact?Impact is essential to the journal collection management process within academic libraries, and...
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Altmetrics for Librarians and Institutions: Part III
Part III: Altmetrics in the wider academic contextIn addition to being indicators of quality and impact across academic content (whether it is a journal article, dataset, slideshow or so on), there are...
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Recalculating impact with new, big data
Part II - Interviews with David Main (Swets) and Dr Victor Henning (Mendeley) The importance of statisticsThe real value of the data contained within Mendeley’s extensive database resides in the...
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Centering the library in the research workflow
Part III: The interview with David Main (Swets) and Victor Henning (Mendeley) and the creation of Mendeley Institutional EditionReinforcing the bond between libraries and researchersMendeley can be...
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Altmetrics for Libraries: 3 themes
As a follow-up to the altmetrics series posted on SwetsBlog last year, let’s take a quick look back at some of the possibilities altmetrics and altmetric tools can bring to the academic institution,...
View ArticleReforming bibliometrics with altmetrics and Mendeley data
BibliometricsIt is no secret that there is a problem with bibliometrics. Bibliometric indicators have long been used in academic publishing to assess quality of a publication, article or author and the...
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Selection Management for Libraries – a Whitepaper
With ever-increasing financial pressure and competing patron demands, making the right decisions about titles and subscriptions has never been more important for librarians. In a complex arena where...
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Benefits of a Unique Author Identification System
Looking up an academic researcher can be surprisingly difficult. If they have an unusual name, a strong web presence and have their professional website or LinkedIn profile fully up-to-date then the...
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Library metrics and selection management infographic
An infographic on library collection management metricsSelection Management is an ongoing task for librarians that requires delicate balancing of competing factors. Ensuring your collection provides...
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