Dates: July 7 - August 1, 2014
Credits: 1.5 CEUs
Price: $175
The Web
enables new means of publishing and sharing knowledge, but our tools for
evaluating the rigor of scholarly research have not kept pace with these
possibilities. Bibliometrics has not yet gone digital, but signs of change are
emerging. By the end of this four week course, participants will have a
thorough grounding in dominant metrics for evaluating scholarly rigor, as well
as some promising alternates that improve upon shortcomings of the status quo.
Examples of how to apply each metric will be presented, supplemented by guest
talks or podcasts from the people developing new tools. For the final project,
class participants will apply what they've learned to a collection development
challenge at their own institutions; or utilize the concepts presented to
propose a theory for new modes of scholarly communication.
