JISC Journal Usage Statistics Portal

A simpler way to measure use and impact

JISC Information Environment programme it?

Aims & Objectives

• To provide UK academic libraries with the statistics they need for the analysis of their NESLi2 deals and the management of their e-journals collections to assist evaluation and decision-making

• To provide JISC Collections NESLi2 negotiators

with the statistics they need to ensure the best deals for the academic community

Who is in it? in it?

48 NESLi2 libraries

5 NESLi2 publishers

3 Intermediaries

How can JUSP help libraries?

Saving timeDownloading

Separate passwords for each publisherAdding

Downloading intermediary/gateway statistics and adding where necessary to get full usage

SubtractingTaking away backfile figures from JR1a to see usage of current deal

ReportingCompleting SCONUL returns and other management reports

How can JUSP help libraries?

Assessing value• Quickly and easily compare usage across publishers and

across years• See how well titles in a deal are being used:

– high use, nil and low use• Analyse trends over time• View or download reports, charts and graphs to add own cost

data

How can JUSP help publishers?

• Added value to customers of NESLi2 deals• Giving customers ready access to accurate

usage statistics to help them analyse value of NESLi2 deals

• Ensuring customers have a complete record of usage including usage through intermediaries.

How can JUSP help JISC Collections?

Ready access for NESLi2 deals to:• Usage reports for individual libraries• Benchmarking reports for all libraries covering

all or selected publishers• Additional information on deals taken, FTE

numbers

Strategic planning with JUSP

• A community resource responding to user requests for reports that will help libraries in assessing value of deals

• Less time in libraries spent collecting usage statistics means more time for proper analysis

• Greater understanding of what the statistics actually mean

User engagement and feedback

• Emphasis is on user requirements• Close links with JUSP libraries and publishers• Always responsive to what users need• Interested in ways libraries are using JUSP• Feedback:

– Individual comments and suggestions– Web surveys– Case study visits

• M2M way of gathering statistics

• Replaces the user-mediated collection of usage reports

• 8 JUSP SUSHI clients available: OUP, Springer, Project Muse, Ingenta, AIP, EBSCO EJS, Swets and Nature.

• SUSHI server to gather data from JUSP

• http://www.niso.org/workrooms/sushi/

Standardized Usage Statistics Harvesting Initiative (SUSHI) Protocol

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JUSP report type JUSP report title

Journal level reports • JR1 and JR1A reports• JR1 reports inc gateways and intermediaries• JR1 reports excluding backfile usage

Summary reports • SCONUL return• Summary of publisher usage• Summary use of gateway and host intermediaries• Summary use of backfiles• Tables and graphs• Which titles have highest use

Experimental reports • Additional figures • NESLi2 deals• Titles vs NESLi2 deals• Individual journal search and usage• Breakdown of publisher usage (title and year)

Benchmarking • Calendar and academic year (available to JISC)

• More libraries • More publishers• More SUSHI clients• More added value

services:– Deals information – What titles are in the

deal?

Current activities

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Next steps

• By December 2011 JUSP will include all libraries and all NESLi2 publishers

• Development of more added value services

• Development of support materials

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http://jusp.mimas.ac.uk

jusp@mimas.ac.ukjo.lambert@manchester.ac.ukangela.conyers@bcu.ac.uk

Information for libraries and publishershttp://jusp.mimas.ac.uk/docs/JUSP-flyer-libraries.pdfhttp://jusp.mimas.ac.uk/docs/JUSP-flyer-publishers.pdf

To find out more

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Questions?

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