Praxiswissen (Professional Practice) is a series that offers professionals in libraries, archives, and related organizations comprehensive answers to questions and problems that emerge in day-to-day professional practice. Relevant examples and solution strategies are presented by renowned experts in clearly organized chapters. The series is an indispensible aid to information-science professionals thanks to hands-on material, including checklists, text templates (for letters or websites), questionnaires, and more.

An Introduction to Bibliometrics: New Development and Trends provides a comprehensible, readable and easy to read introduction to bibliometrics. Importantly, the book surveys the latest developments of bibliometrics (such as altmetrics, etc.) and how the field is likely to change over the next decade. In the literature, bibliometrics is generally discussed from one of two perspectives: (1) Purely mathematical/statistical or (2) Its sociological implications. Both approaches are very far from how most users want to apply bibliometrics. This book fills that need by providing tactics...