1. Electronic Resources Librarian
Decoding the Data Maze
Rose Buttimer,
Electronic Resources Librarian
5 December 2018

2. Snapshot Data collection plan Data standards Sourcing the data
Potential risks
Presenting information
Lessons learnt

3. Back in the Day…

4. Where we are today…

6. Who
Why
What
When
Where
How

10. COUNTER reports [https://www.projectcounter.org/]

11. Sourcing the Data

12. Accessing the Administrator Area
Some sites are straightforward

14. Not all resources are COUNTER compliant

15. Potential Risks Metrics – which option? Sources – what’s best?
PsycARTICLES [APA]
DB1: Record Views = 6,971
JR1: Full Text Downloads = 12,852
Sources – what’s best?
Data Quality
Consistency
Verifiability
Retain Source Data
Historical data
Resource transfers

16. Dashboards

17. Patterns

18. One Part of the Story?

19. Another Part of the Story?

20. A Fuller Picture?

22. Contact details: Rose Buttimer Electronic Resources Librarian
University College Cork
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