EJournal Usage Statistics 2003 Analysis

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E-Journal Usage Statistics 2003 Analysis

• Kari Schmidt
• GA, Collection Management

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Outline

• 2003 E-journal Usage Statistics
• Comparative analysis of e-journal usage
  statistics 2001 to 2003
• How e-journal usage statistics have been useful
  to UM Libraries
• New developments in 2004

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2003 Overview

• 4,162 titles listed on UM Libraries E-Journals
  page
• In 2003, 711,127 uses from 3, 886 journals
  collected from 12 sources
• Of the 3,886 titles electronically accessed,
  1,599 were used more than 50 times in 2003
• Average use per title 182
• In 2003, the following sources provided usage
  statistics AIP, AMS, APS, BioOne, ECO,
  Elsevier, Highwire, Ingenta, JSTOR, Oxford
  University Press, Project Muse, Wiley

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2003 BreakdownFull-Text Accesses per Publisher

• APS 26,047
• AIP 22,780
• Oxford University Press 14,852
• Ingenta 8,584
• BioOne 5,062
• AMS 152

• JSTOR 297,501
• Elsevier 148,251
• Highwire 61,908
• Wiley 47,199
• ECO 42,453
• Project Muse 35,798

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2003 BreakdownFull-Text AccessesTop Ten Funds

• English 35,480
• Business Management 29,278
• Sociology 28,589
• Government Politics 28,538

• History 70,761
• Physics 57,892
• Economics 45,297
• Chemistry 45,120
• Biology 43,208
• General Science 37,730

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2003 BreakdownTop Five Journals Accessed
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E-Journal usage 2001 to 2003
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Total Accesses 2001 to 2003
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Use per Title 2001 to 2003
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Recent Use of E-Journal Statistics for Collection
Analysis

• 2003 Serial Review
• Move to E-only
• Elsevier Usage Analysis http//www.lib.umd.edu/CLM
  D/CMT/elsevierweb.xls

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New Developments in 2004

• Usage data collection from print journal
  collection
• Blackwell and Cambridge e-journal statistics
  http//www.lib.umd.edu/CLMD/COLL.Policies/blackwel
  l2003.xls
• http//www.lib.umd.edu/CLMD/COLL.Policies/cambri
  dge2003.xls