[Eril-l] [External] Re: [EXT] Re: Cost per use from COUNTER 5 Ebook reports

Wed Nov 10 06:12:24 PST 2021

I also recommend this video available through ASERL: A Practical guide to
COUNTER Release 5 <https://vimeo.com/480354734>

On Tue, Nov 9, 2021 at 11:46 AM Melissa Belvadi <mbelvadi at upei.ca> wrote:

> Making sense of COUNTER COP5 metrics for books:
> First I highly recommend the 8 minute official COUNTER "class" video on
> book reports and metrics.
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NFG76TLczg
>
> Everything below assumes we're talking about what happens within a single
> "session" (which implies of course a single user too). [see note about this
> below]
>
> Basically, the difference between unique_item and unique_title is that
> item will treat chapters from the same book as different uses, whereas
> title will count all chapters from the same book as a single use.
>
> So if your goal is try to equate ebook use with print book circulation,
> unique_title is most definitely the right metric to look at.
>
>
> Sessions: some smaller content providers have trouble determining what
> counts as a single session, so they're allowed to have a fixed time period
> rather than actual connection status, to use for this. Such a provider, for
> instance, may consider everything from a given IP address between 12:00:00
> - 12:59:59 (that's one hour) as a "session", so the patron who starts
> reading chapters at 12:50pm and is still reading more chapters from the
> same book at 1:10pm will count as 2 unique_title_requests, rather than the
> usual 1. None of the really major providers in our industry are doing this,
> but smaller providers may.  This is explained in more detail at:
> https://cop5.projectcounter.org/en/5.0.2/07-processing/04-counting-unique-titles.html
>
> Melissa Belvadi
> Collections Librarian
> University of Prince Edward Island
> mbelvadi at upei.ca
>
>
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> *From:* Eril-l <eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org> on behalf of Harker,
> Karen <Karen.Harker at unt.edu>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 9, 2021 12:31 AM
> *To:* Harper, Cynthia <charper at vts.edu>; Sarah Glasser <
> Sarah.Glasser at hofstra.edu>; eril-l at lists.eril-l.org <
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> reports
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> As I understand it, Person A’s use of Ebook X over 5 *separate* sessions
> would count as 5 Unique_Title_Requests; Person B’s use would count as 8
> UTR’s.  The purpose of the UTR is to consolidate multiple uses of a
> particular title *within a single session* into a single use, thus
> getting more similar to our traditional understanding of print book
> circulation.
>
>
>
> Now, what I’m not sure about is when a user “checks out” an ebook for a
> certain period of time…say, 7 days.  That person has sole authorization to
> use (or not use) that book any number of times during that period.  Is each
> use (that is, in separate sessions) during that period of time counted as
> separate UTR’s?
>
>
>
> Karen R. Harker, MLS, MPH
>
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> Collection Assessment Librarian
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> UNT Libraries
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> *From:* Eril-l <eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org> *On Behalf Of *Harper,
> Cynthia
> *Sent:* Monday, November 8, 2021 2:39 PM
> *To:* Sarah Glasser <Sarah.Glasser at hofstra.edu>; eril-l at lists.eril-l.org
> *Subject:* [EXT] Re: [Eril-l] Cost per use from COUNTER 5 Ebook reports
>
>
>
> But none of the COUNTER 5 metrics can show that person A used Ebook X for
> 5 sessions, and person B used it over 8 different sessions, and count that
> as 2 uses, correct?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Cindy
>
>
>
> *From:* Sarah Glasser <Sarah.Glasser at hofstra.edu>
> *Sent:* Monday, November 8, 2021 3:22 PM
> *To:* Harper, Cynthia <charper at vts.edu>; eril-l at lists.eril-l.org
> *Subject:* RE: Cost per use from COUNTER 5 Ebook reports
>
>
>
> Hi Cindy,
>
>
>
> At my library we decided to use the metric Unique_Title_Request for
> e-books because it is more in line with a print book circulation (i.e. a
> use of the book regardless of whether the patron used one or ten chapters).
> I think the unique-item-requests counts chapter/section use (the “item” can
> be either an entire book or a chapter).  On page 10 of the Friendly COUNTER
> 5 guide for books (attached – not sure attachment will come through
> distribution list but sending to your email too), it suggests using the
> Unique_Title_Request for calculating cost per usage.
>
>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Sally
>
> **************************************
> Sarah (Sally) Glasser
> Serials and E-Resources Librarian
> Axinn Library-Hofstra University
> Hempstead, NY  11549
>
> *From:* Eril-l <eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org> *On Behalf Of *Harper,
> Cynthia
> *Sent:* Monday, November 8, 2021 3:07 PM
> *To:* eril-l at lists.eril-l.org
> *Subject:* [Eril-l] Cost per use from COUNTER 5 Ebook reports
>
>
>
> EXTERNAL MESSAGE
>
> Hello – I am just realizing I may not be computing the unique titles
> used/requested for an ebook resource properly.
>
>
>
> In the past, I have taken the number of titles mentioned in a TR report as
> the unique ebooks – what we would have had to purchase as firmorders if we
> wanted to replace the use we got from the subscription.
>
>
>
> At first, I thought that that’s what Unique_Item_Requests represented when
> I started using COUNTER 5 Report Tool. Now that I read the definition, I’m
> not so sure.  I haven’t gone back in and compared the number of titles in
> my TR report to the Uniquet_Item_Requests in my PR reports, but I suspect
> they’re not the same. And if I had used Unique_Title_Requests, would that
> have been better? Can anyone shed light on this please?
>
>
>
>
>
> *EBOOK USAGE AND COST PER USE*
>
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> Jan-Oct.
>
> 10-month price
>
> Jan-Oct.
>
>
>
> *platform*
>
> *data_type*
>
> *metric_type*
>
> *year*
>
> *reporting_period_total*
>
> *subscr price*
>
> *Firmorder cost 2021*
>
> *Cost per Use*
>
> BloomsburyCollections
>
> Book
>
> Unique_Item_Requests
>
> 2021
>
> 92
>
>
>
> $ 95.00
>
> $ 33.19
>
> Brill
>
> Book
>
> Unique_Item_Requests
>
> 2021
>
> 1
>
>
>
>
>
> $ -
>
> Cambridge Core
>
> Book
>
> Unique_Item_Requests
>
> 2021
>
> 146
>
>
>
> $ 9.18
>
> De Gruyter Platform
>
> Book
>
> Unique_Item_Requests
>
> 2021
>
> 6
>
>
>
>
>
> $ -
>
> EBSCOhost
>
> Book
>
> Unique_Item_Requests
>
> 2021
>
> 5230
>
>
>
> $ 1,307.81
>
> $ 1.10
>
> Grove Music Online
>
> Book
>
> Unique_Item_Requests
>
> 2021
>
> 9
>
>
>
>
>
> $ 190.56
>
> JSTOR
>
> Book
>
> Unique_Item_Requests
>
> 2021
>
> 47
>
>
>
> $ -
>
> Manchester University Press
>
> Book
>
> Unique_Item_Requests
>
> 2021
>
> 6
>
>
>
>
>
> $ -
>
> Oxford African American Studies Center
>
> Book
>
> Unique_Item_Requests
>
> 2021
>
> 11
>
>
>
> $ 85.91
>
> Oxford Biblical Studies Online
>
> Book
>
> Unique_Item_Requests
>
> 2021
>
> 274
>
>
>
>
>
> $ 6.28
>
> Oxford Bibliographies
>
> Book
>
> Unique_Item_Requests
>
> 2021
>
> 33
>
>
>
> $ 10.83
>
> Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
>
> Book
>
> Unique_Item_Requests
>
> 2021
>
> 34
>
>
>
>
>
> $ 45.64
>
> Oxford English Dictionary
>
> Book
>
> Unique_Item_Requests
>
> 2021
>
> 735
>
>
>
> $ 0.54
>
> Oxford Handbooks Online
>
> Book
>
> Unique_Item_Requests
>
> 2021
>
> 178
>
>
>
>
>
> $ 8.82
>
> Oxford Reference
>
> Book
>
> Unique_Item_Requests
>
> 2021
>
> 1
>
>
>
> $ -
>
> Oxford Research Encyclopedias
>
> Book
>
> Unique_Item_Requests
>
> 2021
>
> 6
>
>
>
>
>
> $ -
>
> Oxford Scholarship Online
>
> Book
>
> Unique_Item_Requests
>
> 2021
>
> 11
>
>
>
> $ -
>
> ProQuest
>
> Book
>
> Unique_Item_Requests
>
> 2021
>
> 3
>
>
>
>
>
> $ -
>
> ProQuest Ebook Central
>
> Book
>
> Unique_Item_Requests
>
> 2021
>
> 3036
>
>
>
> $ 2,831.94
>
> $ 3.41
>
> Project MUSE
>
> Book
>
> Unique_Item_Requests
>
> 2021
>
> 1218
>
>
>
> 486.25
>
> $ 1.77
>
> Wiley Online Library
>
> Book
>
> Unique_Item_Requests
>
> 2021
>
> 2
>
>
>
> $ -
>
>
>
>
>
> Cindy Harper
>
> Electronic Services and Periodicals Librarian
>
> Virginia Theological Seminary, Box 159
>
> 3737 Seminary Road
>
> Alexandria, VA 22304
>
> charper at vts.edu
>
> (703)461-1794
>
>
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