Case Study: Biodiversity Heritage Library boosts discovery of online conversations with Altmetric

Biodiversity Heritage Library - Customer Case Study

The Biodiversity Heritage Library, a consortium providing free access to natural history literature, wanted to track and display online conversations about its vast digital collections to better engage its global audience. To achieve this, they partnered with Altmetric to implement its altmetrics tracking badges and Explorer platform.

Altmetric provided a solution that tracked mentions using unique content URIs, circumventing inconsistent DOI use. This implementation allowed the library to discover significant, previously unseen online engagement, including over 10,000 mentions. The data revealed that marine books were particularly popular, enabling the BHL to tailor its content strategy. The Altmetric integration provided a new way to measure outreach success and inform future engagement efforts.

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