<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Hi All,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">I discussed the database usage data aspect of this with a ProQuest representative today. Particularly, possible issues number 2 and 3 below.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">I'll email the contact #1 below. If you have additional potential issues that you would like me to forward, please let me know.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">1. Searches vs. cross-, federated, and automated</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">a. ProQuest doesn't provide data for, or doesn't consider Platform-level searching of multiple databases, "searches - federated and automated" </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">i. (conservative) this might be somewhat practical, if they are trying to "reserve" that line item for discovery layers</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">ii. I wonder if this is addressed in COUNTER R5</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">b. ProQuest does provides a non-COUNTER compliant report that captures cross-searches by month, but only of ALL databases</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">2. Simplification program - how to determine usage for a database that has been "rolled up" into a larger database</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">a. for some databases, the database may be a sub-database in the new "simplification" hierarchy</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">b. for some databases, there is not a sub-database entry in the hierarchy</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">c. this seems to affect calendar year (cy) 2017 and calendar year 2018</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">3. Unverified - legacy-CSA database quirks</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">a. for cy2017, and possibly prior, there is a quirk - at least some of the legacy CSA databases (e.g. Illumina Technology Records) show as a title in the non-COUNTER "Document Usage by Database/Title," and seem to show more abstract/citation hits than the total for DB1 reports for the ProQuest database in question.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">b. This leads to the question: "Why?" ProQuest is looking into it.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Hope this helps and, again, feel free to send other database usage report issues in a somewhat detailed manner and I will forward, if appropriate.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Best,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Phil</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font color="#000000">Best,</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#783f04"><b><br></b></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="4">Phil Hewitt</font></div><div><i style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#000000">Senior Engineering and <span style="font-size:12.8px">Electronic Collections Librarian</span></font></i></div><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">(610) 758-3068</span></div><div><a href="https://goo.gl/XePVjn" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff">LU </font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255);font-size:12.8px">Engineering </span><font color="#0000ff" style="font-size:12.8px">LibraryGuides</font></a><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><font color="#0000ff" style="font-size:12.8px"></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 8:58 AM, Louise Penn <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Louise.Penn@uwl.ac.uk" target="_blank">Louise.Penn@uwl.ac.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">As someone who used to run a distribution list (lis-e-resources) and was always trying to get publishers to engage with discussion, I completely agree with Steve’s point. Frustrating
as it may be, corporate identity does extend to what can be said publicly, although if you have a good relationship with a vendor and their representatives, you can always have those discussions out of public sight.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Eril-l] ProQuest "simplification program"?<u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">In fairness, those who work for vendors frequently hesitate to contribute to discussion lists, or there are policies in place for vendors as to who is the appropriate person to respond, or whether anyone is allowed to
publicly respond. It’s a very trick thing. And many, perhaps most, prominent vendors have a *<b>lot</b>* of librarians working for them. These people do have their own opinions and insights but might have more constraints than their customers in terms of what
can be stated or shared. But I think it’s safe to say that they are all “listening”. I’ve worked for a vendor and it’s not an easy position to be in, and I value colleagues who work for vendors.<u></u><u></u></span></p><div><div class="h5">
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