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COUNTER and e-resource management tools. Link Servers, Metasearch tools, ERM systems UKSG: December 2005 Jenny Walker VP Marketing Ex Libris Group jenny.walker@exlibrisgroup.com. e-Resource Management Tools?. SIAM journal on applied mathematics . SUSHI. SUSHI.
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COUNTER and e-resource management tools Link Servers, Metasearch tools, ERM systems UKSG: December 2005Jenny WalkerVP MarketingEx Libris Groupjenny.walker@exlibrisgroup.com
SUSHI • Standards Usage Statistics Harvesting Initiative • Initial premise: too difficult/too expensive for libraries to get their statistics each month • Goal: to retrieve and import COUNTER reports from compliant content providers into local systems automatically. • Proof-of-concept uses Web (SOAP) services – COUNTER JR-1 report • NISO workshop – early 2006
Platform/Service Publisher Journals
Interface Link Target e-journals
Search Target Collection?
e-Product (Interface) e-Product (Package) e-Product(e-journals)
COUNTER basics Q: Who gets to count full text requests? • Publisher? • Aggregator? • E-Journal gateway? • Link Resolver? A: The party that delivers the actual text to the user
Linking User finds citation of interest in an A&I database. An OpenURL link is provided Citation A&I Database Link menu Link Resolver Full Text Publisher site Full text Link-Out Link-Out
Metasearch • Also known as: • Federated search • Broadcast search • User presented with a single search interface • Searches multiple information sources at same time • Eliminates (or assists with) resource selection • Retrieve, consolidates and ranks results • A new challenge for statistics
Metasearch: a new challenge • What can be affected • Session counts • Search counts • Why? • “Search all” option or automatic selection/search of many resources • Perform simultaneous activities • Optimization techniques
EBSCO OCLC ProQuest OVID Searching without Metasearch Resources -Product 1-Product 2-Product 3… user Visits = 1Sessions = 2Searches = 2
EBSCO OCLC ProQuest OVID With Metasearch engine Metasearch -Search All -Business-Medicine… user Visits = 1Sessions = 20Searches = 20
EBSCO OCLC ProQuest OVID With Metasearch engine Metasearch -Search All -Business-Medicine… user Visits = 1Sessions = 20Searches = 20 Visits = 1Sessions = 28Searches = 28
Metasearch lessons • Libraries should want to isolate metasearch sessions and searches • Capture source of activity • Isolate metasearch IP address • Have metasearch access through separate account • Support metasearch standardization activities through NISO • We need a standard way to recognize a metasearch session
e-Resource Reports and Stats • Metasearch Tools • Searches by Search Target • Link Resolvers • Clickthroughs per Journal • Clickthroughs per Link Target • ERM systems • Cost-usage analysis • Overlap analysis
Thank You Jenny Walkerjenny.walker@exlibrisgroup.com