[Eril-l] Overall ER Usage Overview

Fri Dec 6 08:52:03 PST 2024

I use three buckets...eBooks, Ejournals, and everything else [I literally
call it Other] For us, the vast majority of this other category comes from
a database called UpToDate, but it also includes multimedia stats, drug
databases, browzine stats, etc.  I also report website stats (including
LibGuides).  I used to report site searches but that is hard to define and
I only track that internally now and stopped reporting that up.  So those
are 4 big numbers that I like to see as a director.

I label the stats: ebook chapters read, Downloads of full text articles,
Multimedia or POC tools used [POC=point of care], and Views of managed
library web pages.

When I was a ERL, I would also report any databases that were low producing
(low use, high cost per use, etc) that should be on a watch list or
publicized to increase use.

Best,
Hal Bright

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On Fri, Dec 6, 2024 at 9:28 AM Electronic Resources in Libraries discussion
list via Eril-l <eril-l at lists.eril-l.org> wrote:

> Dear Colleagues,
>
> Our library director would like to have an overview of the library usage
> for years 2020-2024. He has the concrete print book loan stats, instruction
> stats, and gate counts so far, and would like something similar for the
> electronic resources. I told him that usage numbers are a little different
> for the electronic resources, because during those years, we had various
> factors. JSTOR offered free COVID access to their resources, EBSCO started
> to offer COUNTER stats (so I switched from their in-house to COUNTER), also
> we have access to many databases through our consortium. Some of the
> journals changed from P to E during those years. OverDrive books don't even
> use COUNTER.
>
> Have any of you had experience with something like this? What numbers (or
> criteria) do you include? What measures do you consider for an overview?
>
> Thank you in advance,
>
> Chris
> --
> H. Chris Chang, MSLIS, MA
> Electronic Resources Supervisor
> ILL, OER & Global Titles Librarian
> Rolfing Memorial Library | hcchang at tiu.edu
> Trinity International University
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