Mine or theirs, where do users go? A comparison of collection usage at a locally hosted platform versus a publisher platform
Juleah Swanson Assistant Professor, Acquisitions Librarian for Electronic Resources The Ohio State University Libraries ALCTS CMS Collection Evaluation and Assessment Interest Group June 30, 2013 American Library Association Annual 2013 Chicago, IL
Overview
Context Elsevier offered 1,100 of its journals in electronic form to subscribers Elsevier launches ScienceDirect OhioLINK Electronic Journal Center (EJC) goes live online ,000 journal titles and over 1.9 million articles in the EJC ScienceDirect held 9 million articles, 4,700 e-books, for 11 million researchers in over 200 countries. February OhioLINK & EJC system failure March EJC fully restored Millionth article added to EJC
Methodology Highlights Why ScienceDirect? Ability to obtain OhioLINK wide data Substantial number of titles Parallel history Data reviewed from Title lists reviewed for matches Usage analyzed per 100 titles YearTitle Count Number of matching titles
Usage per 100 titles at the Electronic Journal Center and ScienceDirect EJC Usage February 2009 Usage per 100 titles ScienceDirect: y = x R² = Electronic Journal Center y = x R² =
Rolling 12-month average usage per 100 titles at the Electronic Journal Center and ScienceDirect Usage per 100 titles Science Direct y = x R² = Electronic Journal Center y = x R² =
Initial Findings, Thoughts & Implications Does it even matter that users seek content at a publisher platform over a local platform? Should a local platform be transformed into something that competes with a publisher/commercial platform? Or should it be transformed into something that better serves the remaining users? Or should it just stay the same? What can be learned from the EJC to enhance other types of local platforms being developed today (institutional repositories, digital archives, data libraries)?
Questions or Feedback? Juleah Swanson Acquisitions Librarian for Electronic Resources Assistant Professor The Ohio State University Questions or Feedback? Juleah Swanson Acquisitions Librarian for Electronic Resources Assistant Professor The Ohio State University