Altmetrics: What Good are They to Academic Libraries?

  • Sutton S
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and propose some specific uses to which academic libraries may put altmetrics in support of the transitions now occurring in scholarly communication and thus in academic libraries.

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Sutton, S. W. (2014). Altmetrics: What Good are They to Academic Libraries? Kansas Library Association College and University Libraries Section Proceedings, 4(2). https://doi.org/10.4148/2160-942x.1041

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