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LESSONS LEARNED -- from collecting usage statistics of JOURNALS & DATABASES

LESSONS LEARNED -- from collecting usage statistics of JOURNALS & DATABASES. 1. INNOVATIVE INTERFACES 2. SERIALS SOLUTIONS: - 360 CORE - 360 LINK - 360 SEARCH - 360 COUNTER 3. HOME GROWN ERM. UMD Usages Statistics can be collected from :. Publisher/Provider/Vendor

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LESSONS LEARNED -- from collecting usage statistics of JOURNALS & DATABASES

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  1. LESSONS LEARNED--from collecting usage statisticsofJOURNALS & DATABASES

  2. 1. INNOVATIVE INTERFACES2. SERIALS SOLUTIONS: - 360 CORE - 360 LINK - 360 SEARCH - 360 COUNTER3. HOME GROWN ERM

  3. UMD Usages Statistics can be collected from : • Publisher/Provider/Vendor • Serials Solutions • Problem: only if users go through our Website • 3. WAM Statistics • Problem: most of them are set up for collecting off-campus usage only

  4. ProQuestUsage Statistics -- UMD

  5. ProQuest Usage Statistics “To the ProQuest system, a session means the period of time when you log into the system and when you log out from it.” “for example, ….., when you first get into the system and go to ABI/INFORM, a session is tallied, but the information about the database you are going into is irrelevant to the session due to the way a session is defined by ProQuest. “ “….you see the same number of sessions in every row in each month's column, because the COUNTER format says that we have to include the session number so that the report is COUNTER compliant. “

  6. ProQuestUsage Statistics -- UMD

  7. Research Library -- March, 2008: • Searches Run : 16195 = 522 searches/day; • = 22 searches/hour • Research Library -- YTD (2008): • Searches Run : 98423 = 270 searches/day; • = 11 searches/hour

  8. ProQuest Usage Statistics -- UMD

  9. COMPARISON: ProQuest vs. Serials Solutions Ethnic News Watch 10152 : 7 = 1450 : 1 Gender Watch 10402 : 6 = 1734 : 1 Research Library 16195 :1074 = 15 : 1

  10. Non – COUNTER Compliant Report

  11. Serials Solution Data Retrieval Service (DRS) • Hired hand could not pass the security system of their own company • Set up a temporary UMD username and password

  12. Microsoft Programs -- Comma Separated Value (CSV) File Format • Fixed the format • Before you can use the “SAVE” button

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