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• Supports UK academic libraries by providing a single point of access to e-journal usage data
• Assists management of e-journals collections, evaluation and decision-making
• Provides statistics to
ensure the best deals for the academic community
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National initiative for licensing online journals on behalf of the higher and further education and research communities in the UK
SHEDL aims through collaboration and combined purchasing power to achieve a shared digital library in Scotland
WHELF's mission is to promote library and information services co-operation and to encourage the exchange of ideas among University and Higher Education libraries in Wales
Libraries-No need to visit multiple publisher sites to download usage statistics-Usage comparison across publishers and years-Establishing value for money
Publishers and intermediaries - Added value for customers-Libraries have accurate figures to help assess value-Includes usage through intermediaries
Benefits for libraries and publishers
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9 publishers• American Institute of
Physics (AIP)• Annual Reviews• Elsevier• Nature Publishing Group• Oxford University Press• Project MUSE• Royal Society of
Chemistry• SAGE• Springer
3 intermediaries• Ebsco EJS• Publishing Technology
(ingentaconnect)• Swets
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• M2M way of gathering statistics
• Replaces the user-mediated collection of usage reports
• 10 JUSP SUSHI clients available
• SUSHI server to gather data from JUSP
• http://www.niso.org/workrooms/sushi/
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• 75 libraries in JUSP
• All UK higher education institutions are invited to participate (160+)
• 10 new libraries per month
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COUNTER usage reportsJR1 •Journal Report 1: Number of Successful Full-Text Article Requests by Month and Journal JR1a•Journal Report 1a: Number of Successful Full-Text Article Requests from an Archive by Month and Journal
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+ we ADD the gateway and intermediary figures where necessary
_ we SUBTRACT the backfile usage (JR1a report) from the JR1 report
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Reports
SCONUL return
Publisher usage
Use of gateways and host intermediaries
Use of backfiles
Tables and graphs
Titles with the highest use
• Community resource responding to what people want
• Working closely with libraries to understand how JUSP is being used and how it can help decision-making
• Developing new reports and features from user feedback
• Quick response rates encourage active user participation
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• Trends over time
• Journal, keyword and ISSN search
• Breakdown of publisher usage by title and year
• Usage ranges
• Enhanced graphics
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• Gathering feedback and monitoring use
• Email, discussions, surveys and interviews
• Wishlist of features
• Agile development process
Successful aspects•User interface•SUSHI harvesting•Report comparisons
Limitations•Needs to include more publishers
Enhancements following user feedback
• More libraries• More publishers• More formats – e-
books, databases• More features
oTitles v dealsoSubscribed or core titlesoBenchmarking
• More help and guidance to libraries in using JUSP
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• Providing support and guidance to the community
• Ongoing consultation with libraries and publishers
• Knowledge sharing
• SUSHI client available as free, open source software
• Inviting collaboration http://www.flickr.com/photos/shareconference/5422273956/
http://jusp.mimas.ac.uk
These slides are available at http://jusp.mimas.ac.uk/events.html
Online demo at http://jusp.mimas.ac.uk/contact.html
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