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Using Analytics to Analyze E-Resources

TAYLOR RALPH (SHE/HER)

COLLECTION ASSESSMENT LIBRARIAN

OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY

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Agenda

  • Usage Data Overview
  • Usage Data in Alma
  • Creating Analyses with COUNTER Data
  • Using Existing Reports/ Dashboards
  • Other Usage Analyses
  • Helpful Resources
  • Questions

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Usage Data Overview

WHAT IS COUNTER (R5)?

  • http://www.projectcounter.org/
  • The standard for counting the use of electronic resources at the title, database, or platform level
    • Views/downloads or ‘uses’
    • Turnaway data
    • OA usage
    • Usage by YOP
    • Electronic journals, books, other media (items)

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WHAT IS SUSHI?

  • Standardized Usage Statistics Harvesting Initiative
  • API for each vendor
  • Allows usage data to be harvested manually or automatically to be downloaded or used in Alma Analytics reports
  • Set up in vendor record under the ‘Usage Data’ tab

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Example Scenarios

  • We’ve had a new ebook package for over a year, and have heard some of the titles are being used in classes- how can we see which licenses we need to upgrade to expand access?
  • We have the opportunity to work with a publisher to swap out titles in our subscription package- which ones should we swap?
  • We have two databases with similar, overlapping content – which one should we keep?
  • We have an upcoming negotiation with a publisher and would like to discuss pricing and OA content – how can we tell how much OA content are researchers are using?
  • We have the option to purchase an archive or continue with a current subscription – how can we tell if our researchers are using older or newer content?

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Usage Data in Alma – Setting Up

  • Setting up SUSHI accounts in Alma – no account, no data!
    • Vendor record -> Usage Data tab -> Add SUSHI Account
    • SUSHI URL, Requester ID, Customer ID, API Key usually required (vendor)
    • Select reports to enable – master reports contain most data points
    • Harvest data!
  • Common issues
    • Outdated account (4 -> 5)
    • Incorrect data/ links

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Questions about SUSHI accounts?

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Creating Analyses

USAGE DATA (COUNTER)

  • Used for C4 or C5 Data
  • Pulls directly from harvested data or uploaded COUNTER reports
  • Good for usage for individual titles to databases and platforms
  • Cons – no CPU calculation

E-INVENTORY/ DIGITAL USAGE

  • Pulls information directly from PO line – can help calculate CPU (E)
  • Can run analyses by vendor (E)
  • Can help with CPU for consortia resources (E)
  • Can be used for content in IR (DU)
  • Cons – difficult to identify issues in data

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Example 1) Journal Usage

  • Criteria: Title, ISSN, Platform, Usage Date (year, month, etc.), Load File COUNTER report type, Usage Measures Total, Usage Data Details (if desired)
    • Example – Counseling and Values

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Example 2) Platform Usage with Titles

  • Criteria: Platform, Usage Date (year, month, etc.), Load File COUNTER report type, Usage Measures Total, Usage Data Details (if desired), Display Title (if desired)
    • Example – ACS platform and title usage

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Example 3) Platform Usage OA

  • Criteria: Platform, Usage Measures Total, Access Type, Load File COUNTER report type, Usage Date Year, Normalized Title
    • Example – IEEE Xplore 2020

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Questions about creating analyses?

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Ex Libris/ CASG Reports

  • Access Analytics -> Catalog -> Shared Folders -> Alma -> Usage Reports…
    • Contain Prompts, Dashboards, and Reports to copy and paste to your own folders
  • Access Analytics -> Catalog -> Shared Folders -> Community -> Reports -> Consortia -> Orbis Cascade Alliance -> Analytics Group

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  • Make sure to COPY and PASTE into your own folders

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Other Usage Analyses

LINK RESOLVER USAGE

  • Can be used to create reports that provide specific details of link resolver usage as well as a broad perspective of how the Alma link resolver is used
    • How many times was a resource ‘viewed’ in the catalog? How many times did the link produce no results?

PRIMO VE ANALYTICS

  • Runs reports on patron activities performed in the user interface
    • What were the top searchers in Primo? What devices do our researchers use to search Primo?

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  • Under ‘Access Analytics (Primo)’

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Helpful Resources

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Questions/ Contact

TAYLOR.RALPH@OREGONSTATE.EDU