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New Dialog, New Services with Altmetrics: Lingnan University Library Experience

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This paper chronicles Lingnan University library’s approach to integrating altmetrics into its institutional repository, triggering new dialog with Lingnan’s researchers and to re-energize their attention on the scholarly communication services with new perspective.

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Notes

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    https://plumanalytics.com/integrate/embed-metrics/.

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    http://www.ugc.edu.hk/eng/ugc/activity/research/rae.html.

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    PlumX Altmetrics Categories: https://plumanalytics.com/learn/about-metrics/.

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    http://ln.edu.hk/about-lu/strategic-plan/index.html.

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  1. Fong Sum Wood Library, Lingnan University, 8 Castle Peak Road, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong

    Sheila Cheung, Cindy Kot & Kammy Chan

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  1. Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore

    Mojisola Erdt

  2. Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore

    Aravind Sesagiri Raamkumar

  3. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    Edie Rasmussen

  4. Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore

    Yin-Leng Theng

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Cheung, S., Kot, C., Chan, K. (2018). New Dialog, New Services with Altmetrics: Lingnan University Library Experience. In: Erdt, M., Sesagiri Raamkumar, A., Rasmussen, E., Theng, YL. (eds) Altmetrics for Research Outputs Measurement and Scholarly Information Management. AROSIM 2018. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 856. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1053-9_5

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