The Charleston Conference is an informal annual gathering of librarians, publishers, electronic resource managers, consultants, and vendors of library materials in Charleston, SC, in November, to discuss issues of importance to the library and scholarly publishing landscape. It is designed to be a collegial gathering of individuals from different areas who discuss the same issues in a non-threatening, friendly, and highly informal environment. Presidents of companies discuss and debate with library directors, acquisitions librarians, reference librarians, serials librarians, collection development librarians, and many, many others. Begun in 1980, the Charleston Conference has grown from 20 participants in 1980 to almost 2,500 in 2023.
Digital Science is proud to be exhibiting at this year’s vendor showcase taking place on November 4 from 10:00am to 5:30pm at the Charleston Gaillard Center. Stop by Booth 4 to learn more about our products.
Andrew Mckenna-Foster, Head of Pre-Sales Solutions – Academic/Publisher, will be hosting a session on November 5 at 2:40pm in Salon 2 of the Gaillard Center. Please see details of his session below:
Title: Future-Proofing Research Support with Digital Science: A Unified Approach for Librarians and Administrators
Description: The digital environment is transforming how we conduct and share research. The systems we use to support research must evolve to keep pace. In this talk we will show how three powerful tools—Altmetric, Dimensions, and Figshare—work together to future-proof and transform research support from a manual, siloed process into a dynamic, connected workflow.
Dimensions is a linked research database that includes publication, grant, clinical trial, and patent data, with powerful dashboards and APIs for analyzing funding and research output. It enables data-driven analysis and strategic business insights. Altmetric tracks the real-time digital attention research receives from news, social media, policy, and blogs, offering a broader view of a project’s reach and impact beyond academia. Figshare is a repository that provides a discoverable home for all research outputs, from all disciplines, giving visibility to works outside traditional publishing so that they can be tracked by solutions like Dimensions and Altmetric.
While each of these platforms is powerful on its own, when used together they bring adaptability and agility to your research infrastructure, supporting everyone from researchers to administrators. Additionally, these platforms are all part of Digital Science and institutions benefit from cross platform integrations, easier vendor management, and a better overall user experience.
Join us to see examples of how Dimensions, Altmetric and Figshare can be used together to support your institution’s research.