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23. If your library tracks citations and references, what process is/will be used? N=17
How will the tracked information be used? N=20
Altmetrics. Used to allocate resources for popular collections or to develop a research area in high demand promotion
&tenure.
Curators request that researchers notify the library when materials have been used in publications. Used for annual
reports and other impact statements.
Currently depending on self-reporting by authors.
Google Scholar alerts used to assess research impact of digitized collections.
Google Scholar and other humanities citation-tracking programs, and Google Alerts. Primarily used for internal
purposes, but information is sometimes necessary in proposals for grant funding.
Google Scholar search used for planning.
Honor system: Users are requested to send citations/references and often do send the citation or actual work product to
us. Informs development of new or enhanced products. Has been mentioned in the library’s annual reports as evidence
of value/activity.
Methods must be easy to develop, to use, and to maintain.
Plum analytics plug-in built into our instance of DSpace. Used to demonstrate the value of open access and to promote
our institutional repository as an effective and “green” repository for content created by faculty and graduate students.
Purdue ePubs and PURR use DOIs, allowing both citation counts and altmetrics to be used. To encourage further
deposit to collections to see what types of material are most used.
Rely on researchers to provide, via Aeon, and requests for publication. Annual reports course development identify
resources for exhibits and public programming.
TBD. TBD
Tracked through requests for notice/attribution for people to contact us, periodic checks using Google Scholar and other
systems to find uses, Google Alerts to have notices when materials are used, and other methods for specific projects.
For use in grant and other reporting, and for use in analysis to support planning for collaboration and other activities.
Undetermined. Used for external reports.
We are currently making plans to track selected faculty usage of digital materials in the context of a larger project
related to faculty bibliography. Used for assessment and evaluation purposes.
We might use a Google application. Used for writing internal and external reports, conducting research, and for
outreach and promotion.
We primarily rely on being notified or asking likely faculty, so the tracking is fairly incomplete. We use it to promote
resources for digital collection support.
Additional comments N=5
Used in annual reports, funding requests, strategic planning
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