[Eril-l] Frequency of Statistics Gathering

[Eric Elmore]

We do usage stats harvest twice a year.  Once in September to pick up the current year's half of the previous fiscal year, and again in February to get the complete previous calendar year.
We go to the admin sites of our vendors directly.  We do have the serialssolutions Counter product, but we're still in the evaluation stage with that.  We've had some discrepancies with numbers and issues with admin logins , typical stuff.  And some vendors just don't allow 3rd party services, so we have to harvest some ourselves no matter what. :)

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From: Eril-l [mailto:eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org] On Behalf Of Krista Jacobson
Sent: Friday, February 26, 2016 9:48 AM
To: eril-l at lists.eril-l.org
Subject: [Eril-l] Frequency of Statistics Gathering

Hello,

This question probably has a "whatever works for your library" answer but my director and I were wondering how often other libraries compile usage statistics on the journals they subscribe to.

Do you do it monthly, quarterly or annually?  How many months do you compile at a time?

Do you go directly to the publisher's admin section or do you use an aggregator?

Feel free to e-mail me off-list if you'd feel more comfortable.

Thank you!

Krista Jacobson
Public Services Librarian

Greenawalt Library
Northwestern Health Sciences University
2501 W. 84th St., Bloomington, MN 55431
P 952.885.5463
x 463 (internal)
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