Can Altmetrics persuade scholars to contribute to an institutional repository?

What is altmetrics? How is it related to library and information studies?

Abel is the Regional Sales Manager, Hong Kong and Macau, EBSCO International, Inc. and is focused on service delivery of EBSCOhost Databases, eBooks, Discovery Service and Altmetrics service. He gave a talk on "Can Altmetrics persuade scholars to contribute to an institutional repository?" to students of Bacehlor and Master of Information Studies.