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Web Metrics for Library and Information Professionals [Minkštas viršelis]

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  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 192 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 234x157x14 mm, weight: 144 g
  • Išleidimo metai: 02-Jan-2014
  • Leidėjas: Facet Publishing
  • ISBN-10: 1856048748
  • ISBN-13: 9781856048743
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  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 192 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 234x157x14 mm, weight: 144 g
  • Išleidimo metai: 02-Jan-2014
  • Leidėjas: Facet Publishing
  • ISBN-10: 1856048748
  • ISBN-13: 9781856048743
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A practical guide to using web metrics to measure impact and demonstrate value. The web provides an opportunity to collect a host of different metrics, from those associated with social media accounts and websites to more traditional research outputs. This book is a clear guide for library and information professionals as to what web metrics are available and how to assess and use them to make informed decisions and demonstrate value. As individuals and organizations increasingly use the web in addition to traditional publishing avenues and formats, this book provides the tools to unlock web metrics and evaluate the impact of this content. Key topics covered include: Introduction to web metrics Bibliometrics, webometrics and web metrics Data collection tools Evaluating impact on the web Evaluating social media impact Investigating relationships between actors Exploring traditional publications in a new environment Web metrics and the web of data The future of web metrics and the library and information professional. Readership: This book will provide a practical introduction to web metrics for a wide range of library and information professionals, from the bibliometrician wanting to demonstrate the wider impact of a researchers work than can be demonstrated through traditional citations databases, to the reference librarian wanting to measure how successfully they are engaging with their users on Twitter. It will be a valuable tool for anyone who wants to not only understand the impact of content, but demonstrate this impact to others within the organization and beyond.

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...a very interesting book that covers a range of technical areas. For anyone interested in bibliometrics who wants to better understand how the web presents both challenges and opportunities to the information science community then this is a great introduction. The author is clearly knowledgeable about metrics and makes some useful connections between the applied and research worlds. Any information professional or student wanting a considered overview of some of the key metrics for providing information services in a digital world would be advised to read it. Web Metrics for Library and Information Professionals by David Stuart (Researcher in the Centre for e-Research at King's College London) is a 192 page compendium that provides librarians with an informative and practical introduction to web metrics, bibliometrics, webometrics, and data collection tools. Web Metrics for Library and Information Professionals will enable librarians to evaluate social media impact, web impact, relationships between entities on the web; and explore traditional publications in a new cyberspace environment. Of special note is Stuart's commentary on the future of web metrics and the library professional. A seminal work of impressive scholarship, Web Metrics for Library and Information Professionals is very highly recommended for practising librarians in community, academic, corporate, and governmental library systems, as well as informational professionals charged with the responsibility for gathering, analyzing, interpreting, and reporting web metrics. -- Midwest Book Review Does Web Metrics for Library and Information Professionals provide a strong foundation for LIS professionals to explore the nature and potential of web metrics as a tool for building better web-based information services? The answer is unequivocally yes, and the book is recommended. -- Archives and Manuscripts

1 Introduction
1(14)
Metrics
2(3)
Indicators
5(1)
Web metrics and Ranganathan's laws of library science
6(1)
Web metrics for the library and information professional
7(3)
The aim of this book
10(1)
The structure of the rest of this book
11(4)
2 Bibliometrics, webometrics and web metrics
15(26)
Introduction
15(1)
Web metrics
15(1)
Information science metrics
16(3)
Web analytics
19(1)
Relational and evaluative metrics
19(1)
Evaluative web metrics
20(12)
Relational web metrics
32(2)
Validating the results
34(4)
Conclusion
38(3)
3 Data collection tools
41(16)
Introduction
41(1)
The anatomy of a URL, web links and the structure of the web
42(3)
Search engines 1.0
45(3)
Web crawlers
48(1)
Search engines 2.0
49(1)
Post search engine 2.0: fragmentation
50(4)
Conclusion
54(3)
4 Evaluating impact on the web
57(30)
Introduction
57(1)
Websites
58(1)
Blogs
59(1)
Wikis
60(3)
Internal metrics
63(6)
External metrics
69(12)
A systematic approach to content analysis
81(4)
Conclusion
85(2)
5 Evaluating social media impact
87(28)
Introduction
87(1)
Aspects of social network sites
88(5)
Typology of social network sites
93(5)
Research and tools for specific sites and services
98(9)
Other social network sites
107(1)
URL shorteners -- web analytic links on any site
108(1)
General social media impact
109(1)
Sentiment analysis
110(2)
Conclusion
112(3)
6 Investigating relationships between actors
115(12)
Introduction
115(1)
Social network analysis methods
115(6)
Sources for relational network analysis
121(5)
Conclusions
126(1)
7 Exploring traditional publications in a new environment
127(18)
Introduction
127(1)
More bibliographic items
128(4)
Full text analysis
132(3)
Greater context
135(7)
Conclusion
142(3)
8 Web metrics and the web of data
145(20)
Introduction
145(1)
The web of data
145(3)
Building the semantic web
148(6)
Implications of the web of data for web metrics
154(2)
Investigating the web of data today
156(1)
SPARQL
156(3)
Sindice
159(2)
LDSpider -- an RDF web crawler
161(2)
Conclusion
163(2)
9 The future of web metrics and the library and information professional
165(12)
How far we have come
166(1)
The future of web metrics
166(4)
The future of the library and information professional and web metrics
170(7)
Bibliography 177(18)
Index 195
Dr David Stuart is a researcher in the Centre for e-Research (CERCH) at Kings College London, and an honorary research fellow in the Statistical Cybermetrics Research Group at the University of Wolverhampton, where he was previously Web 2.0 Research Fellow. He has a PhD in information science and regularly writes about library and information science topics for professional journals and magazines. His previous book Facilitating Access to the Web of Data was published by Facet Publishing in 2011.