LibStat Why a unified library usage statistics database

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LibStatWhy a unified library usage statistics
database?

• Lukas Koster
• Library Systems Department
• Library of the University of Amsterdam
• L.Koster_at_uva.nl

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Thats why!
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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

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Repositories, Etc.
MetaLib/SFX
Acq. Dept
LibSys Dept
Databases E-Journals
ILS
GGC
OCLC
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Overview of electronic databases

• Databases (August 28 2008)
• MetaLib
• 689 (UvA) 89 (HvA) 778
• 129 (UvA) 21 (HvA) 150 (19) metasearchable
• E-Journals
• SFX
• 100 Targets (Publishers)
• 24000 e-Journals

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Management information needs

• Quantitative
• Collection management
• Financial management
• Qualitative
• Usability
• Deployment of tools, software, systems
• Improvement of user interfaces
• Improvement of navigational structure

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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?

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Qualitative Management information needs

• How do people find databases?
• Do people find the databases they need?
• How do people get to full text?

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Answer

• We dont 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.

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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

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General issues - usage per unit

• Origin of usage
• Based on IP address
• Majority anonymous
• Public pcs Library main building
• VPN (random IP address)
• Remainder per location or job

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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

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Issues external sources

• Databases, e-Journals
• Data to be obtained from publisher
• Admin website
• Email
• Harvesting (SUSHI)
• Formats very different, not comparable
• Internal UvA IP address ranges? No.

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Compiled totals difficult to determine

• Total usage per database/e-Journal
• MetaLibSFXnative interface, etc.
• Navigation through different systems

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Full Text Scenarios
ASP results
ASP record
MetaLib
MetaLib results
MetaLib
SFX
SFX
FullText button (SFX)
External link
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Scenario 1
ASP results
ASP record
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Scenario 2
ASP results
ASP record
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Scenario 3
ASP results
ASP record
MetaLib
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Scenario 4
ASP results
ASP record
MetaLib
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Scenario 5
ASP record
MetaLib results
MetaLib
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Scenario 6
ASP record
MetaLib results
MetaLib
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Scenario 7
MetaLib results
MetaLib
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Scenario 8
MetaLib results
MetaLib
FullText button (SFX)
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Scenario 9
MetaLib results
MetaLib
External link
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Scenario 10
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Scenario 11
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Scenario 12
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12 Full Text Scenarios
ASP results
ASP record
MetaLib results
MetaLib
SFX
FullText button (SFX)
External link
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New management information system - LibStat
statistics
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Thanks to

• Library of the University of Groningen
  http//www.rug.nl/bibliotheek
• Idea
• Staff