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What does a bibliometrician do all day?Stephen PearsonResearch Information AnalystUniversity of Manchester LibraryWhat does a bibliometrician do all day?Originally a 15-minute presentation = 900 seconds = 30 x 30 seconds(A sort of slightly more leisurely Pecha Kucha)
30 slides = introductory slide + 28 slides + closing slide
9-5 working day (minus lunch hour) = 28 fifteen-minute periods
1 slide = 1 fifteen-minute period
2Benchmarking departments
Source: Keene Public Library and the Historical Society of Cheshire County via Flickr Commons3Interdisciplinary research
Source: Nationaal Archief (The National Archives of the Netherlands) via Flickr Commons4Identifying likely applicants
Source: US National Archives and Records Administration via Flickr Commons5Bids for funding
Source: LSE Library via Flickr Commons6Ways of ranking journals
Source: The Field Museum Library via Flickr Commons7More ways of ranking journals
Source: The Field Museum Library via Flickr Commons8Basic training
Source: LSE Library via Flickr Commons9Specialist training
Source: LSE Library via Flickr Commons10Online training
Source: LSE Library via Flickr Commons11Additional local support
Source: National Library of Wales via Flickr Commons12Enquiries
Source: State Library of Queensland via Flickr Commons13Identifying networks
Source: Nationaal Archief (The National Archives of the Netherlands) via Flickr Commons14Internal assessment
Source: Library of Congress via Flickr Commons15Citation league tables
Source: Library of Congress via Flickr Commons16General league tables
Source: Oregon State University Archives via Flickr Commons17Business Engagement
Source: Southern Methodist University, Central University Libraries, DeGolyer Library via Flickr Commons18Internationalisation
Source: US National Archives and Records Administration via Flickr Commons19Cataloguing
Source: LSE Library via Flickr Commons20Donations
Source: Library of Congress via Flickr Commons21Purchasing
Source: LSE Library via Flickr Commons22Spreading the expertise
Source: National Archives (CO 1069-514-14) via Flickr Commons23Marketing the service
Source: LSE Library via Flickr Commons24Tailor-made clusters
Source: National Library of Ireland (P_WP_1711a) via Flickr Commons25Most highly-cited articles
Source: National Archives (COPY 1/507/175) via Flickr Commons26Altmetrics
Source: Riksarkivet (The National Archives of Norway) via Flickr Commons27Predicting citations
Source: Powerhouse Museum via Flickr Commons28Statistics dashboard
Source: New York Public Library via Flickr Commons29Library Strategy
Source: Imperial War Museum via Wikimedia Commons30So, what does a bibliometrician do all day?Services to Faculties and Departments (3 hours)
Work with University colleagues (1 hour 15 minutes)
Work with Library colleagues (1 hour 15 minutes)
New tools and techniques (1 hour)
Other duties (30 minutes)31