Carpenter Update on NISO Altmetrics Initiative at CNI Fall meeting in Washington, DC
1. Do We Need Standards
for
Alternative Metrics?
What is NISO hoping to
accomplish?
Todd Carpenter, Executive Director, NISO
NISO Alternative Assessment Initiative
CNI Fall Project Briefing
Washington, DC | December 9, 2013
2. About
•
Non-profit industry trade association accredited
by ANSI with 150+ members
•
Mission of developing and maintaining technical
standards related to information, documentation,
discovery and distribution of published materials
and media
•
Volunteer driven organization: 400+ spread out
across the world
•
Responsible in various wasy for standards like
ISSN, DOI, Dublin Core metadata, DAISY digital
talking books, OpenURL, MARC records, and ISBN
3. Phase 1
Discussion
Forums
NISO Alternative Assessment
Metrics Initiative
!
Brainstorming Meetings
October 9, 2013 // December 11, 2013 //
January 23, 2014
Washington, DC | San Francisco, CA | Philadelphia, PA
12. Citation of non-traditional content
Citations to new
forms of
communication
aren’t as simple
as one might
think.
!
Define a use of
this?
Image: Domenico, Caron, Davis, et al.
22. Comparison across providers
Source:
Scott
Chamberlain,
Consuming
Article-‐Level
Metrics:
Observations
And
Lessons
From
Comparing
Aggregator
Provider
Data,
Information
Standards
Quarterly,
Summer
2013,
Vol
25,
Issue
2.
23. Consistency in what is counted
Source:
Scott
Chamberlain,
Consuming
Article-‐Level
Metrics:
Observations
And
Lessons
From
Comparing
Aggregator
Provider
Data,
Information
Standards
Quarterly,
Summer
2013,
Vol
25,
Issue
2.
30. Alterna(ve
Assessment
Ini(a(ve
!
Phase
1
Mee(ngs
October
9,
2013
-‐
San
Francisco,
CA
December
11,
2013
-‐
Washington,
DC
January
23-‐24
-‐
Philadelphia,
PA
!
Phase
1
report
expected
in
May
2014
31. Alterna(ve
Assessment
Ini(a(ve
!
Phase
2
Presenta(ons
of
report
(June
2014)
Priori(za(on
Effort
(June
-‐
Aug,
2014)
Project
approval
(Sept
2014)
Working
group
forma(on
(Oct
2014)
Consensus
Development
(Nov
2014
-‐
Dec
2015)
Trial
Use
Period
(Dec
15
-‐
Mar
16)
Publica(on
of
final
recommenda(ons
(Jun
16)