[Eril-l] counter compliant electronic usage statistics

[Ian Gibson]

Which book reports are you having problems with? It might just be that the unit of measure (i.e. section type) for a particular platform has changed from pages to chapters. Another possibility is that the publisher may have changed what they consider a use - Springer did this a while back with their reading platform and it greatly increased the number of views. BR2 will tell you at the top what kind of sections are being counted.

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From: Eril-l [mailto:eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org] On Behalf Of Edward Walton
Sent: Friday, August 21, 2015 9:36 AM
To: Jamane Yeager; Eril-l at lists.eril-l.org
Subject: Re: [Eril-l] counter compliant electronic usage statistics

I cannot verify this statement, but Counter 4 seems to counting usage quite differently than Counter 3.  In particular, I'm concerned about e-book usage.  Our e-book use numbers have dropped dramatically, more than 50% less, after Counter 4 implementation.  I do not believe e-books have stopped being used, but if I believe the stats I should stop buying them.

Dr. Edward W. Walton
Dean, University Libraries
Southwest Baptist University
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From: Eril-l [mailto:eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org] On Behalf Of Jamane Yeager
Sent: Friday, August 21, 2015 8:12 AM
To: Eril-l at lists.eril-l.org<mailto:Eril-l at lists.eril-l.org>
Subject: [Eril-l] counter compliant electronic usage statistics

Has anyone seen a difference in the statistics you were collecting before vendors went to counter compliant? For example a vendors' search numbers were very high in one year, and almost one half that the next year. Your help would be appreciated.


H. Jamane Yeager
Electronic Access Librarian
Belk Library
Elon University
2550 Campus Box
Elon, NC 27320
336-278-6576


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