A selective review of research on e‐resource usage in academic libraries

Tripathi, Manorama; Jeevan, V.K.J.

doi:10.1108/00242531311329473

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“…Like Lamothe, this review confirmed that demographics of users are important and that increasing the volume of titles can be good for usage (Tripathi & Jeevan, 2013).…”

Section: What Does the Research Say?mentioning

confidence: 54%

Best Practices for Increasing Ejournal Usage

Silton¹

2014

Serials Review

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As library budgets shrink and the cost of ejournals continues to rise, usage plays an increasingly important role in collections decisions. In 2013, the University of North Carolina (UNC) University Library Advisory Council's E-Journal Efficiencies Working Group created a document outlining best practices for increasing ejournal usage to assist UNC System libraries in improving their efficiency regarding ejournal spending. This article will address and elaborate on those practices, which include raising the visibility of ejournals on the library's website, using third-party services such as discovery tools and apps to create additional access points, facilitating outreach to faculty, and analyzing usage data.

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“…Like Lamothe, this review confirmed that demographics of users are important and that increasing the volume of titles can be good for usage (Tripathi & Jeevan, 2013).…”

Section: What Does the Research Say?mentioning

confidence: 54%

Best Practices for Increasing Ejournal Usage

Silton¹

2014

Serials Review

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“…Log analysis was first adapted for libraries by Nicholas, Huntington, and Watkinson (2005) as a means of dissecting user interactions with an electronic resource or platform. Since then, many other researchers have used log analysis to better understand e-resource usage patterns (Tripathi & Jeevan, 2013). The study at hand is similar in that it uses raw data to examine interactions with scholarly resources, but it also recalls web traffic analysis studies since web domain referrals are the primary focus.…”

Section: Commentarymentioning

confidence: 99%

More DOIs are Accessed Through Library Discovery Services than Through Google

Logan¹

2019

EBLIP

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A Review of: Wang, X., Cui, Y., & Xu, S. (2018). Evaluating the impact of web-scale discovery services on scholarly content seeking. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 44(5), 545-552. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2018.05.010 Abstract Objective – To examine trends in digital object identifier (DOI) web referrals and explore the referring domains, especially those originating from web-scale discovery systems like ProQuest’s Summon and Primo. Design – Log analysis and web traffic analysis. Setting – CrossRef, a web server that connects DOIs to the corresponding articles’ landing pages. Subjects – Web traffic that passed through CrossRef between 2011 and 2016. Methods – The researchers collected data from CrossRef using a web tool called Chronograph. The data captured information about the websites users were on when they requested a DOI (called the referrer) and about the time and date of each request. The researchers used time series analysis to discover longitudinal patterns in the data. Annual, monthly, and weekly trends were also examined with a seasonal adjustment model, a seasonal trend decomposition, and log transformation. They also isolated traffic from four institutions in Australia, Japan, Sweden, and the United States of America to determine if overall seasonal patterns were reflected locally. ProQuest websites were of particular interest to the researchers because they determined that it had the highest market share of discovery services. Much of the analysis focused on ProQuest’s serialsolutions.com, exlibrisgroup.com, and proquest.com website domains. Main Results – ProQuest servers sent over 25 million DOI referrals through CrossRef – more than either Web of Knowledge (n=24.47 million) or Google (n=15.38 million). Referral traffic grew over the period with the sharpest growth rate occurring between 2011 and 2012. Of ProQuest’s domains, serialsolutions.com (Summon) had more traffic and more growth over the observation period than exlibrisgroup.com (Primo). In all of the years studied, the busiest months were September to November and January to March, while June to August and December were low points. Seasonal fluctuations were attributed to university vacation schedules as demonstrated in the traffic patterns of four ProQuest-subscribing institutions. Weekly trend analysis showed that Monday to Thursday had consistently heavy referral traffic. Of the remaining days, the fewest referrals were observed on Saturdays. Conclusion – DOI referrer traffic is closely tied to the university calendar. Library discovery products are used more frequently to access DOIs than Google.

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“…Electronic databases were one of the major categories of electronic resources. Databases store rich information in a standard online platform, making it possible for libraries and information professionals to execute user studies and content reviews (Tripathi and Jeevan, 2013). Database usage statistics were, therefore, a common measurement of value used by libraries.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

A subject specialist-centric model for library resources management in academic libraries

Chen

Makani

Bliemel

2016

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Purpose The purpose of this study is to analyze factors affecting decision-making on libraries’ electronic resources management under the situation of tight budgets in Canadian research universities. Design/methodology/approach Interview was adopted to investigate library resources management leaders’ opinions from English-speaking university members of the Group of Canadian Research University Libraries. Findings A comprehensive model is developed for library resources’ management. Subject specialists are the key of the model integrating marketing roles and evaluation roles. Research limitations/implications The main limitations of this study are the small sample size of interview candidates, which may have application limitations on other types of libraries and universities in different areas. Practical implications This study generates a comprehensive model based on past research, contributing to future library decision-making practices. Originality/value It develops a subject specialist-centric model of library resources’ value assessment and brings the element of culture into future studies of academic library.

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A selective review of research on e‐resource usage in academic libraries

Cited by 19 publications

References 93 publications

Best Practices for Increasing Ejournal Usage

Best Practices for Increasing Ejournal Usage

More DOIs are Accessed Through Library Discovery Services than Through Google

A subject specialist-centric model for library resources management in academic libraries

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