LibStat Why a unified library usage statistics database? Lukas Koster Library Systems Department Library of the University of Amsterdam

LibStat - Why a unified library usage statistics database? That’s why!

LibStat - Why a unified library usage statistics database? Sources of statistical data Internal (Library Systems Department)  MetaLib  SFX  ILS: OCLC (PICA) LBS National (The Netherlands) OCLC (PICA)  GGC (Union Catalogue) External (Acquisitions Department)  Databases  E-Journals Internal (University)  Repositories  Research databases ……

LibStat - Why a unified library usage statistics database? MetaLib/SFX ILS LibSys Dept DatabasesE-Journals Acq. Dept GGC OCLC Repositories,Etc.

LibStat - Why a unified library usage statistics database? Overview of electronic databases Databases (August )  MetaLib:  689 (UvA) + 89 (HvA) = 778  129 (UvA) + 21 (HvA) = 150 (19%) metasearchable E-Journals  SFX:  100+ Targets (Publishers)  e-Journals

LibStat - Why a unified library usage statistics database? Management information needs Quantitative  Collection management  Financial management Qualitative  Usability  Deployment of tools, software, systems  Improvement of user interfaces  Improvement of navigational structure

LibStat - Why a unified library usage statistics database? Quantitative Management information needs How many downloads from Ingenta per month? How many downloads from SpringerLink for a specific faculty? How many searches in ScienceDirect per year/faculty? How many print journals do we also have as e-Journals?

LibStat - Why a unified library usage statistics database? Qualitative Management information needs How do people find databases? Do people find the databases they need? How do people get to full text?

LibStat - Why a unified library usage statistics database? Answer We don’t know….. Or rather:  In SFX: so many, divided over IP ranges A..Z  In SpringerLink: so many for University as a whole  In MetaLib: so many  Etc….

LibStat - Why a unified library usage statistics database? General issues Large number of sources Differences in type of data and presentation Standards not universally applied (COUNTER, SUSHI) No automatic linking of sources Divided responsibilities:  Library Systems Department  Acquisitions Department

LibStat - Why a unified library usage statistics database? General issues - usage per unit Origin of usage  Based on IP address  Majority “anonymous”  Public pc’s Library main building  VPN (random IP address)  Remainder: per location or job

LibStat - Why a unified library usage statistics database? Issues internal sources: default reports MetaLib  Limited number of default reports  Missing data  Missing selection filters (i.e. IP address)  Missing data presentations (i.e. IP address) SFX  Limited number of default reports OCLC(PICA) LBS  LBS4: Business Objects

LibStat - Why a unified library usage statistics database? Issues external sources Databases, e-Journals  Data to be obtained from publisher  Admin website   Harvesting (SUSHI)  Formats very different, not comparable  Internal UvA IP address ranges? No.

LibStat - Why a unified library usage statistics database? Compiled totals difficult to determine Total usage per database/e-Journal  MetaLib+SFX+native interface, etc. Navigation through different systems

LibStat - Why a unified library usage statistics database? MetaLib results ASP results ASP record Full Text Scenarios MetaLib SFX FullText button (SFX) External link MetaLib SFX

LibStat - Why a unified library usage statistics database? Scenario 1 ASP results ASP record

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LibStat - Why a unified library usage statistics database? Scenario 3 ASP results ASP record MetaLib

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LibStat - Why a unified library usage statistics database? Scenario 7 MetaLib results

LibStat - Why a unified library usage statistics database? Scenario 8 MetaLib results FullText button (SFX)

LibStat - Why a unified library usage statistics database? Scenario 9 MetaLib results External link

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LibStat - Why a unified library usage statistics database? MetaLib results ASP results ASP record 12 Full Text Scenarios MetaLib SFX FullText button (SFX) External link

LibStat - Why a unified library usage statistics database? statistics New management information system - LibStat

LibStat - Why a unified library usage statistics database? Thanks to Library of the University of Groningen  Idea  Staff