The report looks at the extent of support from library management for initiatives and a library role in encouraging, instructing and servicing users of bibliometrics/altmetrics on campus. The report helps its readers to answer questions such as: what are library management plans to develop bibliometrics/altmetrics capabilities over the next few years? What have they been doing over the past few years? How satisfied is library management with the library’s efforts in this area? How strong is demand for bibliometrics/altmetrics services from library patrons? How much has the library been spending in this area in terms of staff time and financial resources? How much does it plan to spend in the near future? How large are library staffs devoted to bibliometrics/altmetrics?
Data and commentary in the study is derived from a survey of 73 academic library directors, deans, university librarians, and other high-level library officials.
Just a few of the 40-page report’s main findings are that:
- Doctoral level universities serious lag research 1 and research 2 level universities in their level of support for bibliometrics/altmetrics.
- Public universities in the sample had a mean staff of 1.63 FTE positions devoted largely to bibliometrics/altmetrics.
- Support for increased spending on bibliometics/altmetrics tended to be higher among older than younger library administrators.
Table of Contents
1. THE QUESTIONNAIRE
2. PARTICIPANTS LIST
3. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SAMPLE
4. SUMMARY OF MAIN FINDINGS
- We asked: Over the past two years what has the library done to develop its capabilities in bibliometrics / altmetrics
- We asked: How many staff members, including administrative or support staff, does the library employ for whom bibliometrics / altmetrics is a significant part of their work roles?
- Will library spending for bibliolmetrics/altmetrics staff, software/applications, and other expenses increase, decrease or remain the same over the next two years?
- Over the past two years what has the library done to develop its capabilities in bibliometrics/altmetrics? Broken out by type or Carnegie class
- What are the library's plans for the development of bibliometric/altmetric capabilities over the next two years? Broken out by type or Carnegie class
5. DATA AND COMMENTARY
List of Tables
Table 1.1 How many staff members, including administrative or support staff, does the library employ for whom bibliometrics/altmetrics is a significant part of their work roles?
Table 1.2 How many staff members, including administrative or support staff, does the library employ for whom bibliometrics/altmetrics is a significant part of their work roles? Broken out by the title
Table 1.3 How many staff members, including administrative or support staff, does the library employ for whom bibliometrics/altmetrics is a significant part of their work roles? Broken out by personal age range
Table 1.4 How many staff members, including administrative or support staff, does the library employ for whom bibliometrics/altmetrics is a significant part of their work roles? Broken out by your college or university is public or private?
Table 1.5 How many staff members, including administrative or support staff, does the library employ for whom bibliometrics/altmetrics is a significant part of their work roles? Broken out by type or Carnegie class
Table 1.6 How many staff members, including administrative or support staff, does the library employ for whom bibliometrics/altmetrics is a significant part of their work roles? Broken out by enrollment
Table 1.7 How many staff members, including administrative or support staff, does the library employ for whom bibliometrics/altmetrics is a significant part of their work roles? Broken out by tuition, $
Table 1.8 How many staff members, including administrative or support staff, does the library employ for whom bibliometrics/altmetrics is a significant part of their work roles? Broken out by gender
Table 2.1 Has library spending for bibliolmetrics/altmetrics staff, software/applications and other expenses increased, decreased or remained the same over the past two years?
Table 2.2 Has library spending for bibliolmetrics/altmetrics staff, software/applications and other expenses increased, decreased or remained the same over the past two years? Broken out by title
Table 2.3 Has library spending for bibliolmetrics/altmetrics staff, software/applications and other expenses increased, decreased or remained the same over the past two years? Broken out by personal age range
Table 2.4 Has library spending for bibliolmetrics/altmetrics staff, software/applications and other expenses increased, decreased or remained the same over the past two years? Broken out by your college or university is public or private?
Table 2.5 Has library spending for bibliolmetrics/altmetrics staff, software/applications and other expenses increased, decreased or remained the same over the past two years? Broken out by type or Carnegie class
Table 2.6 Has library spending for bibliolmetrics/altmetrics staff, software/applications and other expenses increased, decreased or remained the same over the past two years? Broken out by enrollment
Table 2.7 Has library spending for bibliolmetrics/altmetrics staff, software/applications and other expenses increased, decreased or remained the same over the past two years? Broken out by tuition, $
Table 2.8 Has library spending for bibliolmetrics/altmetrics staff, software/applications and other expenses increased, decreased or remained the same over the past two years? Broken out by gender
Table 3.1 Will library spending for bibliolmetrics/altmetrics staff, software/applications and other expenses increase, decrease or remain the same over the next two years?
Table 3.2 Will library spending for bibliolmetrics/altmetrics staff, software/applications and other expenses increase, decrease or remain the same over the next two years? Broken out by title
Table 3.3 Will library spending for bibliolmetrics/altmetrics staff, software/applications and other expenses increase, decrease or remain the same over the next two years? Broken out by personal age range
Table 3.4 Will library spending for bibliolmetrics/altmetrics staff, software/applications and other expenses increase, decrease or remain the same over the next two years? Broken out by your college or university is public or private?
Table 3.5 Will library spending for bibliolmetrics/altmetrics staff, software/applications and other expenses increase, decrease or remain the same over the next two years? Broken out by type or Carnegie class
Table 3.6 Will library spending for bibliolmetrics/altmetrics staff, software/applications and other expenses increase, decrease or remain the same over the next two years? Broken out by enrollment
Table 3.7 Will library spending for bibliolmetrics/altmetrics staff, software/applications and other expenses increase, decrease or remain the same over the next two years? Broken out by tuition, $
Table 3.8 Will library spending for bibliolmetrics/altmetrics staff, software/applications and other expenses increase, decrease or remain the same over the next two years? Broken out by gender
Table 4.1 How strong at your university is the demand for bibliometric/altmetric services from the library?
Table 4.2 How strong at your university is the demand for bibliometric/altmetric services from the library? Broken out by the title
Table 4.3 How strong at your university is the demand for bibliometric/altmetric services from the library? Broken out by personal age range
Table 4.4 How strong at your university is the demand for bibliometric/altmetric services from the library? Broken out by your college or university is public or private?
Table 4.5 How strong at your university is the demand for bibliometric/altmetric services from the library? Broken out by type or Carnegie class
Table 4.6 How strong at your university is the demand for bibliometric/altmetric services from the library? Broken out by enrollment
Table 4.7 How strong at your university is the demand for bibliometric/altmetric services from the library? Broken out by tuition, $
Table 4.8 How strong at your university is the demand for bibliometric/altmetric services from the library? Broken out by gender
List of Charts
Chart 1.1 How many staff members, including administrative or support staff, does the library employ for whom bibliometrics/altmetrics is a significant part of their work roles?
Chart 1.2 How many staff members, including administrative or support staff, does the library employ for whom bibliometrics/altmetrics is a significant part of their work roles? Broken out by type or Carnegie class
Chart 1.3 How many staff members, including administrative or support staff, does the library employ for whom bibliometrics/altmetrics is a significant part of their work roles? Broken out by enrollment
Chart 2.1 Has library spending for bibliolmetrics/altmetrics staff, software/applications and other expenses increased, decreased or remained the same over the past two years?
Chart 2.2 Has library spending for bibliolmetrics/altmetrics staff, software/applications and other expenses increased, decreased or remained the same over the past two years? Broken out by type or Carnegie class
Chart 2.3 Has library spending for bibliolmetrics/altmetrics staff, software/applications and other expenses increased, decreased or remained the same over the past two years? Broken out by enrollment
Chart 3.1 Will library spending for bibliolmetrics/altmetrics staff, software/applications, and other expenses increase, decrease or remain the same over the next two years?
Chart 3.2 Will library spending for bibliolmetrics/altmetrics staff, software/applications, and other expenses increase, decrease or remain the same over the next two years? Broken out by type or Carnegie class
Chart 3.3 Will library spending for bibliolmetrics/altmetrics staff, software/applications and other expenses increase, decrease or remain the same over the next two years? Broken out by enrollment
Chart 4.1 How strong at your university is the demand for bibliometric/altmetric services from the library?
Chart 4.2 How strong at your university is the demand for bibliometric/altmetric services from the library? Broken out by type or Carnegie class
Chart 4.3 How strong at your university is the demand for bibliometric/altmetric services from the library? Broken out by enrollment
Sources / Contributors
- Antelope Valley College
- Arkansas Tech University
- Berea College
- Buffalo State College (SUNY)
- California State University San Marcos Library
- Case Western Reserve University
- Chicago State University
- Cincinnati Christian University
- Clark State Community College
- Coahoma Community College
- Colorado State University
- Connecticut College
- Covenant Theological Seminary
- Dartmouth College
- Drexel University
- ECPI University
- Florida Atlantic University
- Florida National University
- Florida State University
- Fuller Theological Seminary
- Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
- Harding University
- Heritage Christian University
- Houston Graduate School of Theology
- Iowa State University
- Jarvis Christian College
- Kennesaw State University
- LaGuardia Community College
- Lawrence Technological University
- Lee College
- Liberty University
- Longwood University
- Lyon College
- Mansfield University of PA
- Marquette University
- Marshall University
- Menlo College
- MGH Institute of Health Professions
- Middle Tennessee State University
- Missouri State University
- Montana State University
- Northwestern University
- Nova Southeastern University
- Ouachita Baptist University
- Princeton University
- Providence College
- Rutgers University Libraries
- South Dakota State University
- Southern Utah University
- Spring Hill College
- SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
- SUNY Fredonia
- Syracuse University
- The College of Wooster
- The University of Akron
- Thomas Jefferson University
- Toccoa Falls College
- Tulsa Community College
- University at Albany/SUNYA
- University of Alaska Fairbanks
- University of Louisiana at Monroe
- University of Minnesota Crookston
- University of North Dakota
- University of South Carolina Upstate
- University of Texas at Arlington
- University of the Arts
- University of Toledo
- University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
- Wilkes University
- Worcester State University
- Yeshiva University
- York College of Pennsylvania
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