Where and how knowledge on digital library evaluation spreads: a case study on conference literature

• Main Authors: Papachristopoulos, Leonidas, Mitrelis, Angelos, Tsakonas, Giannis, Papatheodorou, Christos
• Other Authors: Παπαχριστόπουλος, Λεωνίδας
• Format: Conference (paper)
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Altmetrics; conference literature; digital library evaluation; Mendeley; Εναλλακτικές μετρικές; εργασίες συνεδρίων; αξιολόγηση ψηφιακών βιβλιοθηκών

Scholarly communication has not remained unaffected by the advance of the social networking culture. The traditional bibliometric paradigm is strongly questioned as a tool that accurately portrays the impact of research outcomes. New metrics, such as download or view rates and shares, have been prop...