Why universities should care about Altmetrics

Sarah Goodier of OPENUCT Initiative talks about why universities should be taking notice of new developments in scholarly communication and metrics

Not surprisingly, academics don’t feel as if they own this space or have much control over it, so they have to go outside the university to showcase their work and collaborations – which is likely to help them attract recognition, prestige, funding and promotions. - See more at: http://openuct.uct.ac.za/blog/why-universities-should-care-about-altmetrics#sthash.GTIP0anB.dpuf

Not surprisingly, academics don’t feel as if they own this space or have much control over it, so they have to go outside the university to showcase their work and collaborations – which is likely to help them attract recognition, prestige, funding and promotions. - See more at: http://openuct.uct.ac.za/blog/why-universities-should-care-about-altmetrics#sthash.GTIP0anB.dpuf

Sarah Academics can and do utilise many Web 2.0 tools and service for research, collaboration and sharing outside of the institutional environment and altmetrics is a part of the toolkit that can be used to measure impact and monitor and assess shared research outputs at all points of the research cycle.
My take on this? For academia to stay up with the fast-paced changes in the digital world, the use of altmetrics is something that institutions should consider supporting and recognising in the near future - to better support academics and help to measure their online visibility as well as the impact of their work online.
- See more at: http://openuct.uct.ac.za/blog/why-universities-should-care-about-altmetrics#sthash.GTIP0anB.dpuf

Academics can and do utilise many Web 2.0 tools and service for research, collaboration and sharing outside of the institutional environment and altmetrics is a part of the toolkit that can be used to measure impact and monitor and assess shared research outputs at all points of the research cycle.
My take on this? For academia to stay up with the fast-paced changes in the digital world, the use of altmetrics is something that institutions should consider supporting and recognising in the near future - to better support academics and help to measure their online visibility as well as the impact of their work online.
- See more at: http://openuct.uct.ac.za/blog/why-universities-should-care-about-altmetrics#sthash.GTIP0anB.dpuf

Academics can and do utilise many Web 2.0 tools and service for research, collaboration and sharing outside of the institutional environment and altmetrics is a part of the toolkit that can be used to measure impact and monitor and assess shared research outputs at all points of the research cycle.
My take on this? For academia to stay up with the fast-paced changes in the digital world, the use of altmetrics is something that institutions should consider supporting and recognising in the near future - to better support academics and help to measure their online visibility as well as the impact of their work online.
- See more at: http://openuct.uct.ac.za/blog/why-universities-should-care-about-altmetrics#sthash.GTIP0anB.dpuf

Academics can and do utilise many Web 2.0 tools and service for research, collaboration and sharing outside of the institutional environment and altmetrics is a part of the toolkit that can be used to measure impact and monitor and assess shared research outputs at all points of the research cycle.
My take on this? For academia to stay up with the fast-paced changes in the digital world, the use of altmetrics is something that institutions should consider supporting and recognising in the near future - to better support academics and help to measure their online visibility as well as the impact of their work online.
- See more at: http://openuct.uct.ac.za/blog/why-universities-should-care-about-altmetrics#sthash.GTIP0anB.dpuf