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
