Transcript Improving the OPAC: An Overview of Changes at Wichita

E-Resource Statistics
What to do when you have no money
Mary Walker, Electronic Resources Librarian
Wichita State University Libraries
Electronic Resources & Libraries 2009
Introduction
Wichita State University
“Urban Serving University”
≈ 13,300 enrollment
University Libraries
E-journals: 51,000 (29,000 unique titles)
Databases: 150
E-Books: over 3,000
What We Track
 Databases
• DB1
• DB2
 E-Journals
• JR1
• JR1a
 Cost-per-use
Database Statistics
 Collected & Recorded Monthly
 4-8 hours to collect
 8 hours to record
Database Statistics Legend
Database Statistics Spreadsheet
Database Statistics
http://docs.cbuc.cat/fitxers/icolc04bcn/presentations/Brunning.ppt
Year End Summary Worksheet
Year End Provider Summary
Cost-Per-Use
 Can be complicated
 Simple concept – How much does it cost
each time you use a database?
 Questions
• Include one-time set-up fee?
• Use fiscal year amount?
• Subscription period amount?
Database Cost-Per-Use Worksheet
E-Journal Statistics
 Collected & Recorded bi-annually
 8 hours to collect
 4 hours to process
 56 hours to record
E-Journal Statistics Spreadsheet
Statistics Use
 Reports
 Funding
 Serials cut
Where They are Kept
 Shared drive
 CD Web Page
(http://library.wichita.edu/colldev/dbstats.htm)
Future of Statistics at WSU
 Spreadsheets are disappearing
 Database – not after June
 E-Journal – ended in December
 Switching to Serials Solutions DRS
 Will continue to pull non-COUNTER reports
ourselves
 CD web page will likely be continued
Thank You!
Any Questions?
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