[Eril-l] [EXTERNAL] Chapter usage interest from librarians? Question about BMJ posting

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Thu Oct 2 09:36:05 PDT 2025


Thanks for the list!!!

On Thu, Oct 2, 2025 at 12:35 PM Electronic Resources in Libraries
discussion list via Eril-l <eril-l at lists.eril-l.org> wrote:

> Sorry for the double-post but I just checked my COP5.1 data and at least a
> few vendors are providing chapter data in their IRs for 5.1.
> They are data_type = 'Book_Segment'. and the Item is the chapter title and
> Parent_Title is the book title (other Parent fields add more data).
> Among UPEI's vendors, these are the ones I can find so far this year.
> Sadly, none of our largest ebook platforms are providing this data (yet).
>
> ASME
> CABI
> Duke-Euclid
> GeoScienceWorld
> MIT-Press
> McGraw-Hill-Medical
> PsychiatryOnline
> University-of-Toronto
>
>
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> *From:* Melissa Belvadi <mbelvadi at upei.ca>
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> librarians? Question about BMJ posting
>
> A book provider could choose to provide chapter level data with the actual
> chapter names using the IR report.
>
> It wouldn't be in the IR_A1 which is just journal articles, or the IR_M1
> which is just multimedia titles.
> But it could be in the "master" IR, which is described in the COP5.1
> <https://cop5.countermetrics.org/en/5.1.0.1/04-reports/04-item-reports.html>
> <https://cop5.countermetrics.org/en/5.1.0.1/04-reports/04-item-reports.html>
> as:
> "A granular, customizable report showing activity at the level of the item
> (article, chapter, media object, etc.) that allows the user to apply
> filters and select other configuration options."
>
> If there's more interest in this, we could ask COUNTER Metrics (the
> organization) to consider adding a "IR_B1" for book chapters, although that
> probably wouldn't be possible until 5.2 in several years.
>
> Melissa Belvadi
> mbelvadi at upei.ca
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> *From:* Eril-l <eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org> on behalf of Electronic
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> Hi Melissa,
>
> I also find that to be an interesting statement... I mean, I've definitely *peeked
> *at the chapter/section level usage for fun (i.e. I've put
> "unique_item_requests" for eBooks alongside "unique_title_requests" to see
> any correlation between uses), but I don't utilize that usage to make
> acquisition decisions.
>
> I think Chapter usage *could be* interesting if a report would show the
> actual Chapter Titles because then I could see if the same exact chapter is
> being accessed by 100+ students (maybe for a course) or if the usage of the
> book is pretty widespread across different chapters.
> Definitely interested in reading other perspectives on this.
>
> Erika Boardman
> UNC Charlotte
>
> On Thu, Oct 2, 2025 at 9:15 AM Electronic Resources in Libraries
> discussion list via Eril-l <eril-l at lists.eril-l.org> wrote:
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> BMJ customer contacts recently got an e-newsletter that included a link to
> this "Q&A":
>
>
> https://bmjinsiders.com/2025/09/26/the-move-to-counter-5-1-questions-from-the-road/
>
> It included this interesting claim: "So, instead of just counting the
> whole book, librarians are focusing more on how individual chapters or
> sections are used. This gives a much clearer picture of which parts of a
> book are most popular."
>
> I am really curious to know of librarians who really do want to know this
> chapter-level usage, and how it could be useful to know "which parts of a
> book are most popular", since we thus far are not offered an option to
> purchase/license just parts of books.
>
> And it just so happens that emphasizing chapter usage figures makes for
> much larger total usage numbers, which I can imagine a publisher would use
> to try to sell more books.
> Call me cynical, but I would genuinely like to hear more from librarians
> who really do something useful with chapter level usage data.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
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