An Education Institute Webinar

 

March 16,  2017   12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

 

 

 

Academic institutions and researchers are under increasing pressure to prove that the research they produce has an impact. As a result, academic libraries are dealing with an increase in questions about research metrics. This session will provide participants with a solid footing to answer some of these questions. Bibliometric research impact metrics, what they measure, and best practices around their use will be discussed. The limitations of using metrics will also be explored. Participants will leave with an understanding of how to use research metrics and where to find them to pull together data for individual researchers, journals, and institutions.

 

Key outcomes:

An understanding of research metrics and their limitations
Increased knowledge in where to retrieve metrics and what each metric can tell us
Knowledge in analyzing research metric data to make a case for researchers, journals, and institutions

 

Presenter:

Thane Chambers is a Medical Librarian at the University of Alberta Libraries. Thane has been working in the area of research impact since 2011 and as a result will never seek out a professorial position. When not trying to persuade researchers that their h-index doesn’t mean anything outside of the ivory tower, Thane spends his time, like a good librarian, reading, cooking, and hanging out with his family.