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Best Practices for Increasing E-Journal Usage

Best Practices for Increasing E-Journal Usage. Kate Silton Electronic Resources Librarian North Carolina A&T State University ktsilton@ncat.edu. Background. ULAC Efficiencies Working Group: http://www.northcarolina.edu/?q=university-library-advisory-council/efficiencies-working-group

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Best Practices for Increasing E-Journal Usage

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  1. Best Practices for Increasing E-Journal Usage Kate Silton Electronic Resources Librarian North Carolina A&T State University ktsilton@ncat.edu

  2. Background ULAC Efficiencies Working Group: http://www.northcarolina.edu/?q=university-library-advisory-council/efficiencies-working-group Best Practices for Increasing E-Journal Usage: http://www.northcarolina.edu/sites/default/files/uncincreasinge-journalusage_ulac.pdf

  3. Some caveats…. • Practices were compiled by practitioners, not based on research. • Vendor data isn’t perfect. • Full text downloads =/ REAL usage • Correlation =/ causation

  4. What does the research say? Lamothe, A. (2012), “Factors influencing usage of an electronic journal collection at a medium-size university: An eleven year study”, Partnership: the Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research, Vol.7 No.1. Levine-Clarke, J., McDonald, J., and Price, J. (2013, November). Discovery or displacement? A large scale longitudinal study of the effect of discovery systems on online journal usage. Plenary session at the 2013 Charleston Conference, Charleston, SC. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhB3LM2WxuQ&feature=youtu.be Tripathi, M. and Jeevan, V. (2013), “A selective review of research on e-resource usage in academic libraries,” Library Review, Vol. 62 No. 3.

  5. The Basics Image credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/steeljam/8640136055/

  6. Library Access Points Image credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/libraryman/5601806/

  7. Outside the library... Image credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/silversprite/3791525369

  8. Extra Credit Image credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/retroskeptic/8459627536/

  9. Discussion • Has your institution made an effort to increase usage? What have you done? Did it succeed? • Has implementing a discovery service significantly impacted your institution’s e-journal usage? • What other metrics can we use? • What about other solutions for e-journal content?

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