Some ideas for using JUSP

Angela ConyersEvidence Base

What to do with the JR1

• Select any time period you like• Sort alphabetically by title• Sort by total number of requests – high

or low• Click on journal title to get usage history• Download as csv file for your own

analysis

JR1 report

JR1 including gateway and host intermediaries

remember that for some publishers this usage is not included in the JR1• Use this report if you make any use of

Swetswise, EbscoEJS or IngentaConnect• Sort by intermediary to see which

titles are most used by this route

JR1 including gateways and host intermediaries

JR1 excluding backfile usage

remember that the JR1 report includes use of any backfile or archive collections that you may have acquired separately.• Use this report if you want to view usage of titles in your

current deal separately from those in the backfile collection

• Use this report if you want to view total usage of your current deal, minus backfiles and including intermediaries

• Sort by JR1 or JR1a to see which titles are most used in your current deal or backfile collection

JR1 report excluding backfiles

Individual journal search and usage

For a limited subject search or where you are unsure of the exact title:• Put in a general term and select from the list

that comes upFor an exact title search:• Use ISSNFor a short cut to journal search and usage:• Click on the title in any JUSP report

Individual journal search and use

Click on a title to see usage

Annual summary reports

For a quick look at how your deal or subscribed titles are being used, use the annual summaries to look at:• Publisher usage• Use of gateways and intermediaries• Use of backfiles

Annual summary of publisher usage

For a quick look at the number of requests from all publishers in JUSP that you use:• Choose one publisher or all publishers• Choose one year or all years• View as a pie chart• Download as a csv file to do further analysis

Annual summary of publisher usage

Annual summary of publisher usage-pie chart

Titles with the highest use

• View your ‘top 100’ titles for one publisher or for all publishers

• Sort the list by number of requests or by publisher

• See how well your core or subscribed titles are doing – how many appear in this list?

• Download to sort your corer/non-core titles in Excel

Titles with the highest use –all publishers

Number of titles and number of requests in each usage range

For a quick overview of the percentage of titles which fell into various usage ranges from nil use up to very high use (1000+ accesses):• View separately the number of titles in each usage range that

are part of the deal you take and those that are outside it• Look particularly at nil use figures within and outside the deal• View the results as a pie chart• Click on any figure to get a list of titles

Number of titles and requests in each usage range

Click on a number to find the titles

Trends over time

• All 2012 usage data is now in JUSP• View your usage for most publishers over at

least a 4 year period (2009-2012)• See if usage has gone up or down• See which are the most popular months

Trends over time

To find out more

See the individual guides to the JUSP reports at http://jusp.mimas.ac.uk/support/