JUSP Utilising usage data to assist
in decision-makingAngela Conyers
Evidence Base, Research & EvaluationBirmingham City University
2012
Some memorable events
2013
International Year of Statistics
“Statistics can be used to help make well-informed choices, take sound decisions and understand the society and the world we live in”
Chris Skinner, Professor of Statistics, LSE
Why count?
Usage statistics provide essential evidence:• to show how e-resources
are being used• to look at trends over time• to inform
renewal/cancellation decisions
• to demonstrate value for money
What does it all mean?
How to use the figures to analyse usage and show value for money
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Background and aims
• Supports UK academic libraries by providing a single point of access to e-journal usage data
• Assists management of e-journals collections, evaluation and decision-making
• Provides statistics to
ensure the best deals for the academic community
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Libraries in JUSP
• 151 UK libraries in JUSP
• All UK higher education institutions and research councils are welcome to participate
• http://jusp.mimas.ac.uk/participants.html
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Publishers and intermediaries in JUSP• American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) • American Association for the Advancement of Science
(AAAS) • American Chemical Society (ACS)• American Diabetes Association (ADA) • American Institute of Physics (AIP) • Annual Reviews • American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) • American Society of Agronomy (ASA) • Berg Publishers • BioOne • BRILL • British Medical Journal Publishing Group (BMJ) • Cambridge University Press (CUP) • Crop Science Society of America (CSSA) • Duke University Press • Edinburgh University Press (EUP) • Elsevier • Emerald • European Respiratory Society • Future Medicine Ltd • Geological Society of America • IEEE• IOP Publishing• IOS Press
• Irish Newspaper Archive • JSAD - Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs • JSTOR • Liverpool University Press (LUP) • Nature Publishing Group (NPG) • Oxford University Press (OUP) • Project MUSE • Royal College of Psychiatrists • Royal Society • Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) • Royal Society of Medicine • SAGE • Society for General Microbiology • Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) • Springer• Taylor & Francis • Wiley-Blackwell
3 intermediaries• Ebsco EJS• Publishing Technology (ingentaconnect)• Swets
What data are we collecting?
COUNTER usage reportsJR1 • Journal Report 1:
Number of Successful Full-Text Article Requests by Month and Journal
JR1a• Journal Report 1a:
Number of Successful Full-Text Article Requests from an Archive by Month and Journal
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How do we collect data?
• Standardized Usage Statistics Harvesting Initiative (SUSHI)
• M2M way of gathering statistics
• Replaces the user-mediated collection of usage reports
• SUSHI server to gather data from JUSP
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Collecting the evidence
• Have you got all the information you need?
• Is it complete?
• Is it too much?
Have you got all the information you need?JR1 and JR1A reports
Is it complete?Adding intermediaries
Is it too much?Subtracting the backfiles
Usage data for decision- making
Some JUSP reports:
• SCONUL returns• Trends over time• Titles with the highest use• Titles and deals
SCONUL returns
Trends over time
Titles with the highest use-all publishers
What’s the deal?
• What titles are in the deal?
• Comparing deals
• Looking at deals over time
• Usage of titles and deals
Viewing usage of titles and deals
Usage ranges showing nil use
Core or subscribed titles
Mark these up in JUSP:• To view value of a deal:
How much use is being made of the core titles?How much use is being made of the unsubscribed titles included in the deal?
• To review usage with schools/faculties • To consider possible
cancellations/substitutions where these are allowed.
Titles with the highest usewhich are core titles?
Adding cost or subject data to JUSP reports
Most JUSP reports can be downloaded:• Add costs to the ‘annual summary of publisher
use’ to compare costs per download• Core titles cost more: sort reports by ‘core’
and ‘non-core’ titles to compare costs of each• Add your subject categories or fund codes to
core or subscribed titles to report on usage to schools/faculties
Community engagement• Community resource
responding to what people want
• Working closely with libraries to understand how JUSP is being used and how it can help decision-making
• Information sharing and training events
• Developing new reports and features from user feedback
• Quick response rates encourage active user participation
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JUSP Utilising usage data to assist in decision-making
www.jusp.mimas.ac.uk
Helpdesk: [email protected]
@juspstats
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