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

[Daniel Michniewicz]

Hello James.

BR1s and BR2s are going to be changing with COUNTER Release 5.

See https://www.projectcounter.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Release_5_Librarians_20190509-Revised-Edition.pdf

In section 9, after the table:

"If you are used to using Release 4's BR1 and BR2 reports to assess book usage, you should now use the TR_B1 report to obtain comparable statistics. The Unique_Title_Requests metric in TR_B1 will tell you the usage for each book, whether the platform delivers whole books or individual chapters."

Dan

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Dan Michniewicz
Digital Resources Librarian
Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology
daniel.michniewicz at senecacollege.ca

"Libraries and librarians acquire, organize, and provide access to information. Period." -- Me, 2019.





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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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