episciences.orgElPub - ELectronic PUBlishingELPUBsupport@episciences.orghttps://www.episciences.orghttps://elpub.episciences.org10.4000/proceedings.elpub.2020.18hal-02544911http://elpub.episciences.org/6290Long PapersHow Can We Use Social Media Data Related to OA Monographs0000-0001-6813-8362OzaygenAlkimhttps://ror.org/02n415q13Curtin University [Perth]https://ror.org/02n415q13Curtin UniversityMontgomeryLucyhttps://ror.org/02n415q13Curtin University [Perth]https://ror.org/02n415q13Curtin University0000-0002-0068-716XNeylonCameron0000-0001-8705-1027WilsonKatiehttps://ror.org/02n415q13Curtin University [Perth]https://ror.org/02n415q13Curtin UniversityHoskingRichardhttps://ror.org/02n415q13Curtin University [Perth]https://ror.org/02n415q13Curtin UniversityHuangKarl18042020Charting The Futures(s) of Digital Publishinghttp://elpub.episciences.org/6290/pdfhttp://elpub.episciences.org/6290

This paper reports on a study of social media events relating to 28 Open Access (OA) monographs,published between 2014 and 2015. As with citations (Cronin 1981) social media events representthe frozen footprints of the journey that monographs take as they move through digitallandscapes. The study captured mentions of the study-set of monographs via Twitter, Facebook,Wikipedia and online blogs; as well as user ratings on Google Books, Amazon and Goodreads.Information relating to the ways in which the books were bookmarked and cited was capturedvia the online reference managing platform Mendeley. The benefits and limitations of differentaltmetrics approaches to capturing and analyzing this data are discussed. Practical suggestionsfor researchers interested in the application of Altmetrics approaches to studies of monographsare also provided.

open accessmonographsbooksaltmetrics[SHS.INFO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Library and information sciences2020The Author(s)