How we Round Them Up atUW-La Crosse

Jen HolmanPeriodicals LibrarianMurphy Library/UW-La Crosseholman.jeni@uwlax.edu

WAAL ConferenceGreen Lake, WIApril 22, 2009

Journal subscriptions account for nearly 60% of our materials budget

Journal subscriptions account for nearly 60% of our materials budget

Yet, LibQual shows us our faculty members are not satisfied with our Print and/or electronic journal collections

Yet, LibQual shows us our faculty members are not satisfied with our Print and/or electronic journal collections

Each summer, statistics pulled from Voyager (ILS) and hand-keyed into a series of 35 subject spreadsheets, one for each academic department

Each summer, statistics pulled from Voyager (ILS) and hand-keyed into a series of 35 subject spreadsheets, one for each academic department

•Difficult to display use by format (how should we present electronic use data?)•Data no longer fit the screen nicely•Student help budget slashed (limited staff time for manual data entry)

•Difficult to display use by format (how should we present electronic use data?)•Data no longer fit the screen nicely•Student help budget slashed (limited staff time for manual data entry)

Many vendors offer Journal Report 1: Number of Successful Full-Text Article Requests byMonth and Journal

Consistent format from vendors enables data comparison

Allows for customizable “on-the-fly” reportingConnect ILS data (bibliographic) and vendor data (use)

Allows for customizable “on-the-fly” reportingConnect ILS data (bibliographic) and vendor data (use)

Integrity of ISSNs between vendors and our catalog records is the biggest hurdleIntegrity of ISSNs between vendors and our catalog records is the biggest hurdle

We utilize local subject headings (690 field) for department information. Also use this to track our foreign subscriptions, as they are generally expensive

We utilize local subject headings (690 field) for department information. Also use this to track our foreign subscriptions, as they are generally expensive

Chemistry subscriptions in FY08 that cost more than $500 with their print use, electronic use through the ACS, and SFX “clickthroughs” displayed.

Utilize SUSHI to automate the downloading of COUNTER reportsUtilize SUSHI to automate the downloading of COUNTER reports

The Standardized Usage Statistics Harvesting Initiative (SUSHI) Protocol standard (ANSI/NISO Z39.93) defines an automated request and response model for the harvesting of electronic resource usage data utilizing a Web services framework. It is intended to replace the time-consuming user-mediated collection of usage data reports.

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

The Standardized Usage Statistics Harvesting Initiative (SUSHI) Protocol standard (ANSI/NISO Z39.93) defines an automated request and response model for the harvesting of electronic resource usage data utilizing a Web services framework. It is intended to replace the time-consuming user-mediated collection of usage data reports.

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

How do you manage use statistics?