How usage statistics can inform national negotiations and strategies

Bevan, Simon; Dalton, Pete; Conyers, Angela

doi:10.1629/18116

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“…In the first years of the consortium, the annual increase rate of full-text downloads and of participating members was about 75-80%, it but slowed to 15-20% in the last few years. These figures are comparable with usage statistics in the French consortium Couperin (Boukacem-Zeghmouri and Schöpfel, 2008) and with the NESLİ study (Bevan, Dalton and Conyers, 2005). In 2007, among the 86 ANKOS members, 46 institutions subscribed to 1-10 databases, 28 members to 11-20 databases, and 12 to more than 21 databases.…”

Section: Consortial Usage Of Electronic Journalssupporting

confidence: 78%

“…Since the establishment of library consortia and the growth of big deals/major contracts, several studies have appeared in recent years in which the usage of e-journals was researched with respect to their cost-effectiveness, user diversity according to research fields, and other relevant factors (see for example Karasözen, Kaygusuz, Özen(Bati), Hacer, 2007;Tonta and Ünal, 2008;Gargiulo, 2003, Bevan, Dalton and Conyers 2005, Boukacem-Zeghmouri and Schöpfel, 2008.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Consortial Usage of Electronic Journals in Turkey

Karasözen

2008

LIBER

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In this short article the increase in the usage of electronically licensed databases by ANKOS (Anatolian University Libraries Consortium) is explained with reference to COUNTER compliant e-journal collections. The diversity of usage among the universities and the cost-effectiveness of electronically available databases with the consortium is explained, taking into account the special characteristics of Turkish university libraries, the rapid increase of students and newly established universities, as well as the growth of scientific publications.

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Consortial Usage of Electronic Journals in Turkey

Karasözen

2008

LIBER

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“…The low-use subscribed titles tend to cost much less than the high-use, non-subscribed titles, as has been found elsewhere. 2 Furthermore, such a policy would see us subscribing to few journals other than in medicine and the biological sciences!…”

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Usage statistics for Big Deals: supporting library decision‐making

Bucknell

2008

Learned Publishing

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Only simple statistical analysis, using MS Excel and COUNTER‐compliant usage reports, is required to calculate performance metrics for Big Deals. Big Deal e‐fees themselves are a relatively small proportion of journals expenditure, so when budget cuts need to be made, most savings have to be made by cancelling individual journal subscriptions. However, many individual subscriptions are tied by the non‐cancellation clauses that are an inherent part of most Big Deals and so cannot be cancelled unless the Big Deal is cancelled first. Typically, half of all downloaded articles are in the unsubscribed portion of the Big Deal. Thus it is impossible to make even moderate cuts in journals budgets without inflicting serious damage to an institution's access to journal articles, with serious implications on research. Both libraries and publishers benefit from the Big Deal, so it is essential that pricing remains affordable. Libraries may need to educate their funders to ensure that they continue to receive adequate funding for Big Deals.

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“…The analysis of usage statistics shows a strong correlation between each institution's total usage and the usage in different subject collections with the research activity. A further detailed analysis of the usage statistics as reported in [6] and [7] combined with a cost benefit analysis can be used in new negotiations with the publishers and for developing national strategies in accessing scientific information. This will give an opportunity for each institution to evaluate the benefits of the "big deal" more realistically.…”

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Patterns of e-journal use within the Anatolian University Library Consortium

Karasözen¹,

Kaygusuz²,

Özen³

2007

UKSGS

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Abstract:With the establishment of Anatolian University Library Consortium (ANKOS), the number of accessible databases and usage of electronic journals has increased rapidly. Due to the diversity of the universities, differences in usage for various subject collections are observed. In this study, a comparison between the research activity in Turkey and electronic journal usage through the Anatolian University Library Consortium has been carried out. The data of the total and subjectbased full-text article usage indicate a strong correlation between the number of published articles and their usage. Additionally, a rank analysis was conducted to establish similarities and differences between each institution's usage with the aggregated consortium usage. ANKOS and the higher education system of Turkey:The Anatolian University Library Consortium ( Turkish universities are organized under The Council of Higher Education which is the fully autonomous supreme corporate public body responsible for the planning,

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How usage statistics can inform national negotiations and strategies

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Consortial Usage of Electronic Journals in Turkey

Consortial Usage of Electronic Journals in Turkey

Usage statistics for Big Deals: supporting library decision‐making

Patterns of e-journal use within the Anatolian University Library Consortium

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