Does using social media to promote your research work?

If you blog and tweet about your research, does it increase the level of interest in your work? Yes, it does, according to Melissa Terras of the LSE, with the proviso that you make your research available on your institutional repository (Arrow, in DIT's case), and that you've built up a digital profile first.

Altmetrics - what are they and how are they used?

Are you interested in learning more about Altmetrics?

Altmetrics are a new way to measure the impact of academic research, taking into account mentions on social media,  Mendeley bookmarks etc.

www.altmetric.com is offering a series of webinars on the basics of altmetrics, and the ways in which institutions are using the data.

The next webinar is at 3pm on Wednesday 10^th December. See the altmetric.com blog for details on how to register for it, and the dates and times of future webinars.