Gold Rush Electronic Journal Management

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Gold Rush Electronic Journal Management ERM
for Very Little Gold.

• More Bang, Less Buck

J. Michael Lindsay, MSIS, AHIP Sandy Oelschlege
l, MLS, AHIP Preston Medical Library, University
of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine
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How did Gold Rush help the Preston Medical
Library to improve management of electronic
serials?

• Preston Medical Library serves the Graduate
  School of Medicine, University of Tennessee. The
  library manages 7,255 full text electronic
  journals, including subscribed journals, as well
  as free and open source. The library has a small
  staff, comprising four faculty librarians, two
  staff, and a varying number of student workers.
  The challenge before the library is to manage
  serials effectively creating an optimal number
  of access points to electronic journal content
  while controlling monetary and staff time costs.
  Would this solution provide us with quick,
  effective access to important information, while
  also being cost-effective?

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Focus for Evaluation

• Cost Staff Time
• Impact of the change on use
• Evaluation and comparison of capabilities offered
  by the two systems

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Cost Analysis
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Staff Time Investment

• How to measure?
• Discrete measurement proved challenging.
• We resolved this through subjective observations
  and discussion.
  

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We agreed

• Gold Rush saved staff time by making subscription
  information easier to find and use.
  
• Gold Rush loaded faster, resulting in fewer
  patron complaints.
  
• Staff time in managing the Journal A-Z List and
  Link Resolver were approximately equal for both
  systems

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Impact of the Change on Use
15 Drop in Use for All
11 Drop in Core use
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Statistical Analysis Was the decrease in Use
significant?

• Comparisons of use from January to June 2007
  (TDNet) with ejournal
  
• use from the same period in 2008 (Gold Rush),
  showed a drop in absolute
  
• terms, off over 10,000 uses from the year
  previous.
  
• The 2007 and 2008 use for 5,032 journals were
  compared using a Paired-Samples T-test. Results
  show that journals were accessed more using TDNet
  (M8.6, SD50.7) as compared to Gold Rush (M7.2,
  SD41.6). This difference was statistically
  significant, t(5031)3.451, p.001, d.05.
• A second set of journals was developed,
  eliminating all those that had zero use in both
  years. These journals were also accessed more
  using TDNet (M49.5, SD113.1) as compared to
  Gold Rush (M41.2, SD92.7). This difference was
  statistically significant, t(871)3.471,
  p.001,d.12

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Statistical Analysis of Core Medical Journals

• Finally, a third set was analyzed. This final
  set, encompassing the MedLine Core Clinical
  Journals, was accessed more in 2007 (M152.8,
  SD210.3) as compared to 2008 (M138.1,
  SD194.3). The difference here was not
  statistically significant, t(102)1.015, p.312.

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Evaluation Comparison of Capabilities

• Knowledge Base
• Updates Hosting
• Additional Features
• Searching Browsing
• Personalization
• Link Resolver
• ERM Package

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Knowledge Base
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Updates Hosting
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Additional Features
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Linking
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Searching Browsing
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Personalization
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E Books
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Electronic Resource Manager (ERM) Package
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Gold Rush ERM Package provides tools to allow you
to track

• Electronic journals, databases, and journal
  packages
  
• Licensing details can track contract terms such
  as whether ILL is possible under contract,
  walk-ins allowed, etc.
  
• Pricing what the pricing is based on and how
  much
  
• Renewal dates allows you to set email alerts to
  warn you of upcoming renewals
  
• URLs URLs for access, admin, and contract (if
  on web)
  
• Logins Login for public, admin, and statistics.
  
  
• Vendor contacts allows building of contact list
  for vendors both sales and tech support
  contacts, and can link these to resource record.
  
• Electronic resource problem tracking can track
  access problems.

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Contact Information

• J. Michael Lindsay, MSIS, AHIP
• Serials/E Resources Librarian
• Preston Medical Library
• University of Tennessee Graduate School of
  Medicine
  
• 1924 Alcoa Hwy, U-111
• Knoxville, TN 37920-6999
• jmlindsay_at_utmck.edu
• 865-305-9528

Sandy Oelschlegel, MLS, AHIP Director Preston Me
dical Library University of Tennessee Graduate Sc
hool of Medicine 1924 Alcoa Hwy, U-111 Knoxville
, TN 37920-6999 soelschlegel_at_utmck.edu 865-305-9
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