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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We use a “mapped metric type”, which is a set of metrics that includes all of COUNTER R5 plus a few others, like “Sessions”. If the metric is COUNTER R5, then the mapped metric type is the same as the COUNTER
metric type. If it’s not R5, then we decide which R5 metric it is closest to and use that. We use a program to automatically assign the mapped metric types, and then we use the mapped metric type in our analyses. In our reports of usage at the resource
level, we indicate the source of usage data – COUNTER or non-COUNTER, to provide context.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Does that help?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Karen R. Harker, MLS, MPH<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">I follow what Sarah Mueth mentioned — determining what metric would be most ideal to use for assessment that
<i>could </i>be seen as more "standard" if wanting to compare with other resources that may use COUNTER. As far as data collection goes, we have a big spreadsheet every year for
<i>all </i>of our usage (journals, database, etc.) and one tab is specifically for "Database Non-COUNTER" usage. You could probably do the same thing & enhance it by adding a column for "Vendor Type" to categorize if they're a business platform, dataset provider,
music, film, aggregator, etc. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">For data gathering, I have a reminder on my calendar and a template email prepped to send to our non-COUNTER vendors to obtain the usage around.... late January or early February. If I can get
it from the admin portal, I pull it around the same time and I store all of this usage in a folder labeled "Non-COUNTER usage" with subfolders for each Vendor. I'm also currently working on uploading the usage data files into the Vendor "attachments" tab in
Alma.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">When it comes to non-COUNTER, I try to consider how users would
<i>typically </i>use the resource and what available metrics there are — so for certain Business databases, it may be more beneficial to know how often the database is being searched or how many "Company Views" it's obtained. It could be worth chatting with
instruction/subject librarians to get a better idea on how their target users & departments use a subject-specific database. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Good luck!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Erika<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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UNC Charlotte | J. Murrey Atkins Library | Atkins 225 (C5)<br>
9201 University City Blvd. | Charlotte, NC 28223<br>
<a href="mailto:eboardman@uncc.edu" target="_blank">eboardman@charlotte.edu</a> | 704-687-1124 |
<a href="http://library.charlotte.edu/" target="_blank">library.charlotte.edu</a><br>
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