Session 080 – Altmetrics: It’s time to take action – Serials and Other Continuing Resources

Created to measure research impact on the web, Altmetrics are now growingly valuable to scientific journals and libraries who are using them to evaluate and promote themselves. How are altmetrics used in libraries and why are they important when working with scholarly communication, serials and other continuing resources issues? The present and future potential impacts and uses of altmetrics will be examined, with a special focus on Iran, South Africa and China.