Category Archives: usage statistics

dance, monkey, dance

i’m on a deadline to get our e-journal usage stats pulled into a report and this video keeps popping into my head as i’m quickly analyzing data:

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the use of our non-current print journal collection is waning: proof provided

Retrieval requests of non-current journal articles from storage Over the last six fiscal years requests for non-current journal articles retrieved from storage has dropped significantly.  The decline is most dramatic in the number of requests LMU patrons made: from 470 … Continue reading

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the path to enlightenment, or at least useful statistics

We’re in the midst of gathering the usage statistics for our electronic journal collection.  Our titles are mixed in with the rest of USC’s electronic journals.  Here’s how we’re extricating our titles from the giant list of subscribed journals. Pulled … Continue reading

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books on electronic resource management

Here’s a mini-bibliography of monographs published on the subject of electronic resource management. Happy reading! If you know of one that I’ve left off the list, please leave a comment with the info. 2009. Jones, Wayne (ed.). E-journals Access and … Continue reading

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