June 18, 2014 NISO Virtual Conference: Transforming Assessment: Alternative Metrics and Other Trends Opening Introduction

1. NISO Virtual Conference:
Transforming Assessment:
Alternative Metrics and Other Trends
June 18, 2014
Speakers:
Paul Groth, Lisa Colledge, Kristi Holmes, Martha
Kyrillidou, Ehsan Mohammadi, Julie Speer, Jennifer Lin,
Juan Pablo Alperin, Ruth Ivimey-Cook, Martin Fenner
http://www.niso.org/news/events/2014/virtual/assessment/

2. NISO Virtual Conference:
Transforming Assessment:
Alternative Metrics and Other Trends
Agenda
11:00 a.m. – 11:10 a.m. – Introduction
Todd Carpenter, Executive Director, NISO
11:10 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Keynote Speaker: Altmetrics at the Portfolio Level
Paul Groth, Ph.D., Assistant Professor at the VU University Amsterdam
12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m. Snowball Metrics: University-owned Benchmarking to Reveal Strengths within All Activities
Dr. Lisa Colledge, Snowball Metrics Program Director, Elsevier
12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Assessing and Reporting Research Impact – A Role for the Library
Kristi L. Holmes, Ph.D., Director, Galter Health Sciences Library, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Lunch Break
1:45 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. What Do Alternative Metrics and the 'Flight of the Bumblebee' Have in Common?
Martha Kyrillidou, PhD, Senior Director of Statistics and Service Quality Programs, Association of Research Libraries (ARL)
2:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Identifying the Invisible Impact of Scholarly Publications: A Multi-Disciplinary Analysis Using Altmetrics
Ehsan Mohammadi, Ph.D. Candidate, Wolverhampton University
2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Three Publishers' Perspective on Using Altmetrics: PLOS, PKP, and eLife
Jennifer Lin, Senior Product Manager, PLOS, Juan Pablo Alperin, PhD Candidate, Public Knowledge Project, Stanford University, Ruth
Ivimey-Cook, eLife sciences
3:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Afternoon Break
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Virginia Tech’s Response to Research Data Needs: The Center for Digital Research and Scholarship
Julie G. Speer, Associate Dean for Research and Informatics, University Libraries, Virginia Tech
4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. NISO Altmetrics Initiative: A Project Update
Martin Fenner, Technical Lead for the PLOS Article-Level Metrics project
4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Conference Roundtable: Finding Acceptance and Value: Why Altmetrics Matter
Moderated by Todd Carpenter, Executive Director, NISO

3. NISO Virtual Conference:
Transforming Assessment:
Alternative Metrics and Other Trends
NISO Virtual Conference • June 18, 2014
Questions?
All questions will be posted with presenter answers on
the NISO website following the webinar:
http://www.niso.org/news/events/2014/virtual/assessment/

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