For immediate release | October 23, 2017

Discover Altmetrics and Reproducibility at 2 new LITA events

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Chicago -- Don’t miss out on either of two new LITA continuing education opportunities. First comes a webinar on and then a web course on . Sign up before it’s too late.

Instructor: Lily Troia, Engagement Manager, Altmetric
October 31, 2017, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Central time

This 90 minute webinar will bring participants up to speed on the current state of altmetrics, and focus in on changes across the scholarly ecosystem. Through sharing of use cases, tips, and open discussion, this session will help participants to develop a nuanced, strategic framework for incorporating and promoting wider adoption of altmetrics throughout the research lifecycle at their institution and beyond.

Instructor: Vicky Steeves, Librarian for Research Data Management and Reproducibility, a dual appointment between New York University Division of Libraries and NYU Center for Data Science
November 1 – November 22, 2017
This course will examine, cover and discuss:
  • The discourse around open scholarship.
  • Best practices around use of open source tools, creating an open web presence, preparing research output for publication, and linking those outputs to more traditional publications.
  • The tools that both researchers and librarians are using to engage in open work.

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Questions or Comments?
contact LITA at (312) 280-4268 or Mark Beatty, mbeatty@ala.org

Contact:

Mark Beatty

Programs and Marketing Specialist

LITA

mbeatty@ala.org