[Eril-l] Compiling eBook usage stats - do you include BR1 AND BR2?

[Beth M. Johns]

I think our usage is more accurate with BR2. But I do check BR1 as well to share with staff -- some are interested in the titles and subject matter being downloaded. We will report it as necessary.

We have very few title downloads, but we also discourage it with students since downloading can be confusing, especially if you want to download it to a device. Also, few  students really need to fully download a title -- our experience is they need a few pages from an ebook for an assignment.


Beth


Beth M. Johns, MLIS

E-Resources Librarian

Saginaw Valley State University

Melvin J. Zahnow Library

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Subject: Re: [Eril-l] Compiling eBook usage stats - do you include BR1 AND BR2?

hi James,
I use BR2 (sections) to report on total use.  I use BR1 (with a bit of clean up) to report on unique titles used.

Deborah Lenares


Senior Analyst and Strategist for Collections and Budget

Scholarly Communications and Collections Strategy

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries

On Tue, Sep 10, 2019 at 9:54 AM James C. Miller <millerjc at hollins.edu<mailto:millerjc at hollins.edu>> wrote:
Hi all,

I'm thinking of shifting away from collecting BR1 (title requests) and moving solely to providing BR2 (section/chapter requests) for annual reporting on eBook usage.

I was wondering about the consensus on the listserv.

Is there any value to including BR1 reports when providing eBook usage data?

 Thank you,
James


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Wyndham Robertson Library



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