A Brief View of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions World Library & Information Congress (IFLA WLIC 2017) in Wroclaw, Poland

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What are altmetrics? Stacy Konkiel from Altmetric LLP Altmetrics capture the way that interactions are taking online around a publication.Umbrella term for many types of metrics. Altmetrics applies to all types of scholarly outputs, not just articles and books. They are contextual, give demographic information, where something is being talked about, and also qualitative data. Measuring Research Impact of Library and Information Science Journals: Citation versesAltmetrics -Ifeanyi J Ezema, University of Nigeria  Traditional metrics tend to be skewed against non-Western publications. Google Scholar is the broadest option for Nigeria. Exploring values-based altmetrics to enhance library services -Stacy Konkiel fromAltmetric LLP  Stacy Konkiel and others received a Mellon grant to investigate metrics and the humanities. Metrics and goals are mismatched in this area, for example: the humanities cannot be compared to science using the impact factor. HuMetricsHSS frameworktowards humane metrics for the humanities and social sciences. Humanities values: