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Electronic journal usage statistics. Present practice and future progress. Tony Kidd Glasgow University Library [t.kidd@lib.gla.ac.uk]. Importance of usage statistics. Provision and use Expenditure on e-journals Marketing Budget allocation. Provision of e-journals.
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Electronic journal usage statistics Present practice and future progress Tony Kidd Glasgow University Library [t.kidd@lib.gla.ac.uk]
Importance of usage statistics • Provision and use • Expenditure on e-journals • Marketing • Budget allocation Statistics in Practice, IFLA Satellite Conference, Loughborough, 13-15 August 2002
Provision of e-journals • E-journals at Glasgow Univ Library • 1997 362 • 1998 740 • 1999 1545 • 2000 3018 • 2001 4507 • 2002 5526 Statistics in Practice, IFLA Satellite Conference, Loughborough, 13-15 August 2002
Expenditure on e-journals • 2000/01 Glasgow expenditure (SCONUL) • Print serials 473000 • Online serials 70000 • Print+online serials 715000 • Online databases 274000 • Print etc books 709000 • Online books 87000 • Document delivery 86000 • Total 2414000 Statistics in Practice, IFLA Satellite Conference, Loughborough, 13-15 August 2002
Expenditure on e-journals • Some percentages • Online serials/All serials 5.5% • Online (incl print)/All serials 62.4% • Doc del/All serials 6.8% • Online books/All books 10.9% • All online/All materials 47.5% Statistics in Practice, IFLA Satellite Conference, Loughborough, 13-15 August 2002
Marketing of e-journals • Target low-use departments • Varying use of journals • Benchmarking • High use encourages more funding? Statistics in Practice, IFLA Satellite Conference, Loughborough, 13-15 August 2002
Budget allocation • Formula: 5.5% • Internal measurement: sampling • Local cache • Non-Faculty based access • Imprecise measurement Statistics in Practice, IFLA Satellite Conference, Loughborough, 13-15 August 2002
Budget allocation • Computing Service statistics at Glasgow UL • Clin Medicine 26.7% • Biomed & Life Sci 22.3% • Physical Sci 5.2% • Vet Medicine 5.0% • Engineering 3.5% • Soc Sci 2.0% • Dental 1.8% • Law/Financial 1.8% • Arts 1.4% • Comp/Math Sci 1.1% • Education 0.1% • Other 28.5% Statistics in Practice, IFLA Satellite Conference, Loughborough, 13-15 August 2002
External v internal • Internal web pages • Double effort • Direct access • Access via links Statistics in Practice, IFLA Satellite Conference, Loughborough, 13-15 August 2002
External usage statistics • Available from most large publishers • ICOLC Guidelines for statistical measures of usage of web-based information resources • BUT… • Inconsistent • Different formats • Different timetables • Different definitions Statistics in Practice, IFLA Satellite Conference, Loughborough, 13-15 August 2002
External usage statistics • Source • Publisher • Gateway • Aggregator • Browse or search? • Linking Statistics in Practice, IFLA Satellite Conference, Loughborough, 13-15 August 2002
Possible solutions • PALS usage statistics working group • ARL E-metrics project • ICOLC Guidelines • National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS) Electronic access and use related measures • NISO – revision of Z39.7 (Library Statistics) • ISO – revision of 2789 (library statistics) and 11563 (library performance measures) Statistics in Practice, IFLA Satellite Conference, Loughborough, 13-15 August 2002
COUNTER • http://www.projectCounter.org/ Statistics in Practice, IFLA Satellite Conference, Loughborough, 13-15 August 2002
COUNTER – Endorsed by • AAP, Association of American Publishers • ALPSP, The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers • ARL, Association of Research Libraries • ASA, Association of Subscription Agents and Intermediaries • BIC/EDItEUR • JISC, Joint Information Systems Committee • NCLIS, National Commission on Libraries and Information Science • NISO, National Information Standards Organization • PA, The Publishers Association • STM, International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers • UKSG, United Kingdom Serials Group Statistics in Practice, IFLA Satellite Conference, Loughborough, 13-15 August 2002
COUNTER structure • Chair: Richard Gedye, Oxford University Press • rgedye@projectCounter.org • Project Director: Peter Shepherd • pshepherd@projectCounter.org • Steering Group • c30 members • endorsing organisations • librarians • publishers & intermediaries • Task forces Statistics in Practice, IFLA Satellite Conference, Loughborough, 13-15 August 2002
COUNTER Code of Practice • Release 1 by end-2002 • Usage reports • Librarians’ survey • Closing date 15 August • http://www.projectCounter.org/ • Definitions • Technical measurement considerations Statistics in Practice, IFLA Satellite Conference, Loughborough, 13-15 August 2002
COUNTER – 2003 onwards • Code revision, compatible with previous releases • Levels of compliance • Monitoring/audit But most important • Adoption/implementation… • of a single code Statistics in Practice, IFLA Satellite Conference, Loughborough, 13-15 August 2002