NISO Update, ALA Annual, San Francisco - June 28, 2015 See http://www.niso.org/topics/tl/altmetrics_initiative/

1. The NISO Altmetrics Initiative
NISO Update
ALA Annual – June 28, 2015
Nettie Lagace (@abugseye)
NISO Associate Director for Programs

3. Why worth funding?
• In order to move out of “pilot” and “proof-of-
concept” phases …
• Altmetrics must coalesce around commonly
understood definitions, calculations and data
sharing practices
• Altmetrics must be able to be audited
• Organizations who want to apply metrics will
need to understand them and ensure consistent
application and meaning across the community

4. Phase 1: Brainstorming
October 9, 2013 - San Francisco, CA
December 11, 2013 - Washington, DC
January 23-24, 2014 - Philadelphia, PA
Round of 1-on-1 interviews – March/Apr
Phase 1 report published in June 2014

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Community Feedback on Project Idea Themes

6. Phase 2: Development
Presentations of Phase 1 report (June 2014)
Prioritization Effort (June - Nov, 2014)
Project approval (Nov - Dec 2014)
Working group formation (Jan - March 2015)
Consensus Development (March 2015 - Feb 2016)
Trial Use Period (Feb 15 - May 16)
Publication of final recommendations (Aug 16)

8. Working Groups
• A development of definitions and descriptions of
use
• Bdefinitions for appropriate metrics and
calculation methodologies for specific output
types and promotion and facilitation of use of
persistent identifiers
• C development of strategies to improve data
quality through source data providers.

9. Steering Committee

10. Calendar
• April 2015 – Group(s) start working
• October 2015 – Draft document(s)
• Fall 2015 – Comment period(s)
• November 2015 – NISO Report to Sloan
Foundation
• Spring 2016 – Completion of final draft(s)

11. http://www.niso.org/topics/tl/altmetrics_initiative/
Thank you!
Questions?
@abugseye