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Session 15b
Digital resource usage statistics
E-Resources usage statistics with EzProxySimon Huggard, Systems Manager, Monash University Library
9 September 2008 12.40-2.00
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Outline
• About myself and Monash University• What stats do we have?• What are we doing with them• Future development• Questions/discussion
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About Monash University
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About Monash University
• MONASH UNIVERSITY – estab. 1958– 6 campuses in Victoria, Australia, 1
in Malaysia and 1 in South Africa. 57,611 students from more than
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3,589 academic staff (6,889 total staff)
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Monash University Library
• LIBRARY– Budget: $42.2m AUD– 8 branch libraries – 3.1 million items– 33,991 e-journals – 245,687 e-books – 800 electronic databases – 292 library staff– Systems Area – 16 staff - web, MULO,
voyager/unix, help desk, it support.
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What statistics do we have
• Individual vendors (on their sites)• Ezproxy stats• Log file analysis• What about counter/SUSHI compilance?• Mapping expenditure to usage• Centralised stats
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Ezproxy statistics
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Ezproxy stats
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SFX usage – monthly averages
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Scholarly Stats – Journal reports
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Scholarly Stats – Journal reports
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E-journal web site usage
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Usage by location
• Ezproxy stats (logins) by location:
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Library web site usage
• Statistics for 2007-8 (based on Jan-June stats)
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Conclusions
• Ezproxy – good for departmental based usage
• Metalib/SFXUsage – good for full-text usage and for comparing overall
• Scholarly Stats – counter compliant and comprehensive (includes MetaLib, SFX and ezproxy/direct usage)- no breakdown by faculty/user
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