Understanding Usage Metrics in Library Collections

 
Rock, paper, scissors,
COUNTER, SUSHI:
Making sense of usage
 
Jennifer Bazeley
Head, Collection Access & Acquisitions
Miami University Libraries
 
ALAO CMIG Workshop
June 9, 2014
 
The truth of the matter
 
https://twitter.com/FakeLibStats/status/464074593049649153
 
The approach
 
Select
Obtain
Compile
Store
Analyze - Visualize
Disseminate – Share
 
Select - Understand the standards
 
SUSHI & COUNTER
 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/crobj/14269377082/
 
COUNTER JR1 GOA
 
COUNTER JR2
 
COUNTER JR5
 
JR3 - Mobile
 
Select
 
Which usage is important?
E-books, e-journals, databases (COUNTER & non-COUNTER
reports)
PDA
Link resolver & A to Z
Discovery service
Book and journal circulation numbers (checkouts, internal use,
renewals)
 
Caveats: there’s always a “but”
 
Vendor/publisher discrepancies
Technology fails
Garbage in, garbage out
 
Obtain
 
Electronic
Publisher, platform, vendor, consortia websites
Self-service, automated e-mails, gentle prodding of vendor
Print
Your friendly ILS
Review files, statistics, web management reports
 
Compile
 
 
Usage statistics software
 
Excel
 
Compile
 
Compile
 
 
Store
 
Someplace 
in addition
 to your hard drive
Library or departmental server
Dropbox
Google Drive
Usage statistics software
 
Analyze
 
Combine/compare usage with other data
Benchmark against peer/aspirational institutions
Apply existing principles (e.g., Pareto)
Patterns over time, across platforms, across locations
Predict/extrapolate
 
Visualize
 
Charts & graphs
Pivot tables
Word clouds
Infographics
 
Analyze
 
Visualize
 
Analyze
 
Visualize
 
Visualize
 
Analyze
 
Visualize
 
Analyze
 
Analyze
 
Visualize
 
Analyze
 
Visualize
 
Disseminate - Share
 
Google Drive
LibGuides
EBSCOnet
 
Disseminate – Share
 
Disseminate – Share
 
Disseminate – Share
 
Disseminate – Share
 
Useful Resources
 
Bucknell, Terry.
“Garbage in, gospel out: twelve reasons why
librarians should not accept cost per download figures
at face value.”  The Serials Librarian, 63 no. 2 (2012):
192-212.
Tufte, Edward R.
Envisioning Information
. Cheshire, Conn.: Graphics
Press, 1990.
COUNTER v. 4
http://www.projectcounter.org/r4/COPR4.pdf
http://www.projectcounter.org/r4/APPF.xls
SUSHI
http://www.niso.org/workrooms/sushi/librarians/
 
 
 
 
 
Questions?
 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/crobj/5558548657
 
bazelejw@miamioh.edu
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  1. Rock, paper, scissors, COUNTER, SUSHI: Making sense of usage Jennifer Bazeley Head, Collection Access & Acquisitions Miami University Libraries ALAO CMIG Workshop June 9, 2014

  2. The truth of the matter https://twitter.com/FakeLibStats/status/464074593049649153

  3. The approach Select Obtain Compile Store Analyze - Visualize Disseminate Share

  4. Select - Understand the standards SUSHI & COUNTER https://www.flickr.com/photos/crobj/14269377082/

  5. COUNTER JR1 GOA

  6. COUNTER JR2

  7. COUNTER JR5

  8. JR3 - Mobile

  9. Select Which usage is important? E-books, e-journals, databases (COUNTER & non-COUNTER reports) PDA Link resolver & A to Z Discovery service Book and journal circulation numbers (checkouts, internal use, renewals)

  10. Caveats: theres always a but Vendor/publisher discrepancies Technology fails Garbage in, garbage out

  11. Obtain Electronic Publisher, platform, vendor, consortia websites Self-service, automated e-mails, gentle prodding of vendor Print Your friendly ILS Review files, statistics, web management reports

  12. Compile Excel Usage statistics software

  13. Compile

  14. Compile

  15. Store Someplace in addition to your hard drive Library or departmental server Dropbox Google Drive Usage statistics software

  16. Analyze Combine/compare usage with other data Benchmark against peer/aspirational institutions Apply existing principles (e.g., Pareto) Patterns over time, across platforms, across locations Predict/extrapolate

  17. Visualize Charts & graphs Pivot tables Word clouds Infographics

  18. Analyze

  19. Visualize

  20. Analyze

  21. Visualize

  22. Visualize

  23. Analyze

  24. Visualize

  25. Analyze

  26. Analyze

  27. Visualize

  28. Analyze

  29. Visualize

  30. Disseminate - Share Google Drive LibGuides EBSCOnet

  31. Disseminate Share

  32. Disseminate Share

  33. Disseminate Share

  34. Disseminate Share

  35. Useful Resources Bucknell, Terry. Garbage in, gospel out: twelve reasons why librarians should not accept cost per download figures at face value. The Serials Librarian, 63 no. 2 (2012): 192-212. Tufte, Edward R. Envisioning Information. Cheshire, Conn.: Graphics Press, 1990. COUNTER v. 4 http://www.projectcounter.org/r4/COPR4.pdf http://www.projectcounter.org/r4/APPF.xls SUSHI http://www.niso.org/workrooms/sushi/librarians/

  36. Questions? bazelejw@miamioh.edu https://www.flickr.com/photos/crobj/5558548657

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