Making best use of JUSP

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Usage statistics for ejournals and ebooks

What is JUSP?Aims, participants, data collection, data and reports available

JUSP background and aims» JUSP – Journal Usage Statistics Portal» Supports UK academic libraries by providing a single point of

access to usage statistics» Free for Jisc institutions» Assists management of e-journal and e-book collections,

evaluation and decision making» Provides statistics to ensure the best deals for the academic

community

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Participants

» Data from over 75 publishers and intermediaries in JUSP

» Regular communication with publishers; priorities informed by participating libraries

Participating publishers » Almost all UK HE institutions

participate in JUSP» A growing number of UK FE

institutions

Participating libraries

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How does JUSP collect data?» Standardized Usage Statistics

Harvesting Initiative (SUSHI)» Machine to machine method of

gathering statistics» Collected on a monthly basis from

each publisher» Libraries can view their data from

all participating publishers within JUSP portal

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What data are available?

» JR1: Journal Report 1 – Number of successful full-text article requests by month and journal

» JR1a: Journal Report 1a – From an archive

» JR1 GOA: Journal Report 1 GOA – Gold open access

E-Journals» BR1: Book Report 1 – Number of

successful title requests by month and title

» BR2: Book Report 2 –Number of successful section requests by month and title

» BR3: Book Report 3 – Access denied to content items by month, title and category

E-Books

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What reports are in JUSP?» Journal level reports» Book level reports» Summary reports (including Top

100 titles, SCONUL reports, and trends over time)

» Titles and deals reports (including comparing deals)

» Usage profiling reports

Journal reportsJR1, Search, SCONUL report, Trends, Usage of deals, Usage profiling

JR1 Report

Elsevier JR1 for Jan 2015 – Dec 2015 (Dummy Institution)

From JUSP demonstrator portal

Journal search

British Journal of Sports Medicine (Dummy Institution)

SCONUL Report

2014-2015 SCONUL Report (Dummy Institution) From JUSP demonstrator portal

Trends over time

Springer usage over time (Dummy Institution) From JUSP demonstrator portal

Trends over time

Springer usage over time From JUSP demonstrator portal

Comparing deals from the same publisher

JSTOR Business I Collection and Business II Collection (2005)

Usage of titles and deals

Usage of titles in Elsevier deals in 2015 (Dummy Institution)

Usage profiling

Wiley usage in 2014-2015 academic year (Dummy Institution)

Book reportsBR2, BR3, SCONUL report, Top 100 Titles with section requests

BR2 report

Future medicine BR1 for Jan – Dec 2015 (Dummy Institution)

BR3 report

Taylor and Francis BR3 for Jan – Dec 2015 (Dummy Institution)

SCONUL return

SCONUL return for 2015 (Dummy Institution) From JUSP demonstrator portal

Top 100 titles (highest section requests)

All publishers in 2015 (Dummy Institution) From JUSP demonstrator portal

How are libraries using JUSP?

“We know that there is someone there who is keeping an eye on the data and making sure it is all accurate and correct”

University of Salford

Support regular reporting by providing accurate usage statistics

“We do more evaluation and less data collection, which is a much better focus and use of time”

Open University

Making effective use of staff time

“Now also include usage statistics in annual renewal list that departments use… Colleges within the University are interested in more data about their journals”

Leicester University

Assisting others in understanding resource usage

“helped us better understand the research profile of our institution which in turn informs decisions over resource allocation”

Birkbeck, University of London

Informing decisions for purchases/substitutions/cancellations

Aston University ExperienceErica Lee, Information resources specialist

JUSP at Aston University

Erica Leee.j.lee@aston.ac.uk

JISC Digifest 2016

JUSP use at Aston

► Member since 2010► Regular tasks► Projects

JR1 reports

Core titles

Individual journal usage

SCONUL returns

Usage profiling

Projects

► Journal reviews – cancellations► Effect of Discovery Service on journal article

Journal usage project

► Selected top ranking publishers using “Summary of publisher usage by date range”

► Added Proquest and EbscoHost as other big providers

► JR1 reports ran for each of the publishers:► for 3 years prior to Discovery Service implementation (2012)

and 3 years after► for Academic year September – August

► Had to be vigilant for unusual spikes…

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E-book usage statistics at Aston

► Multi-platform institution► Purchase best available copy► Package subscriptions► PDA

Future developments for JUSP

Future developments for JUSP» Encouraging more ebook publishers to share data, and helping ensure

they are COUNTER-compliant» Working with ebook aggregators to bring their data into ebook portal» Continuing to develop new reports based on requests» Investigating database and multimedia COUNTER reports» Investigating including JR2 (Access Denied for Journals)» Investigating including JR5 (By Year-of-Publication)

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Jo Alcock and Erica Leehttp://jusp.mimas.ac.uk/jusp@jisc.ac.uk

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