(12 June 2014, London, UK and Boston, USA) Alternative metrics provider Altmetric today announced the release of Altmetric for Institutions, a web-based software application that enables higher educational institutions to track and evaluate the online dissemination and impact of their authored research. Altmetric collates mentions of scholarly articles across traditional and social media, blog posts,…
(12 June 2014) The HKUST library has created for its research community, Scholarly Communications@HKUST Library. It covers getting published, data management, open access, research repositories and more. Take a look here.
(10 June 2014) La Trobe University’s Academic Referencing Tool gives detailed examples for many of the prescribed styles of referencing used at the university including AGLC, APA 6, Harvard (AGPS) and Footnoting (Oxford). It was created for La Trobe students, by La Trobe librarians, in consultation with La Trobe academic staff. The tool includes examples of in-text…
Paper summarizes community input to development of potential standards and recommended practices for research assessment metrics (9 June 2014) The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has released a draft white paper summarizing Phase I of its Alternative Assessment Metrics (Altmetrics) Project for public comment. The Initiative was launched in July 2013, with a grant from…
(5 June 2014) The UPM Library’s Subject Guide is an asset for lecturers, researchers and students preparing their research work. Subjects include agriculture, art, chemistry, medicine, rice and palm oil. Resources include books, articles, organizations, websites and reference works. Academic integrity and how to cite properly are also covered. More here.
(2 June 2014, Oakland, Calif./PRNewswire/) -iParadigms, creators of Turnitin, today announced the company has reached a definitive agreement to be acquired for US$752 million by Insight Venture Partners, a leading global private equity firm focused on high-growth investments in the technology sector, and GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund. iParadigms is a leading provider of cloud-based…
(28 May 2014) COUNTER-compliant usage statistics, service assessments, peer benchmarking—librarians have been gathering different types of data for some time, using data to measure the usage of their resources, the quality of their services, and how they stack up against similar institutions. But could library leaders collect data differently? In this Issue Brief Deanna Marcum and…
(14 May 2014) Macquarie University has successfully completed the ANDS-funded project: Seeding the Commons at Macquarie University. ANDS is the Australian National Data Service. The project created authoritative information about research data management for researchers and research support staff including A Data Management Plan Template and Standards and tools to assist researchers to describe and…
(15 May 2014) Credo’s Literati School has won the 2014 SIIA CODiE Award for Best Education Reference Solution. The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), the principal trade association for the software and digital content industries, announced Credo as one of 31 CODiE Award winners in the education technology category. An SIIA CODiE Award win…
(6 May 2014, Los Angeles, CA) SAGE has launched its SAGE Research Methods Cases, a collection of real social research case studies, specially commissioned and designed to help users understand abstract methodological concepts in practice. SAGE Research Methods Cases was developed for use in a college or university setting for those seeking applied understanding of…
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