NISO Alternative Assessment Metrics (Altmetrics) Project

In June 2013, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation awarded NISO a grant to undertake a two-phase initiative to explore, identify, and advance standards and/or best practices related to a new suite of potential metrics in the community. This project is an important step in the development and adoption of new assessment metrics, which include usage-based metrics, social media references, and network behavioral analysis.

The third meeting of the project’s group was held on Thursday, January 23, 2014 in Philadelphia, PA, all the documents from this session and from the previous ones are available on the project’s homepage.