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Implementing SUSHI accounts at

The City College Libraries

Sean O’Heir, E-Resources Librarian

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Unique Item Requests

July - June

Category

2024

2023

Journal Articles

490,088

494,887

Ebooks

42,340

41,623

Media

3,852

3,632

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Top Databases by Usage

Database

2024

2023

Elsevier / SciDirect

92,767

90,509

JSTOR

73,603

81,700

EBSCO

51,478

55,171

SpringerLink

43,482

43,539

Web of Science

31,532

30,250

Wiley Online

30,496

29,997

American Chemical Society

24,172

18,963

Royal Society of Chemistry

23,066

4,435

Database

2024

2023

Elsevier Clinical Key

16,402

15,496

Gale

14,543

15,496

Sage

14,469

15,232

Institute of Physics

13,687

3,452

Am. Institute of Physics

10,700

2,531

Emerald

7,161

936

SPIE

6,899

357

Nexis Uni

6,679

7437

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2024 EBook Usage

EBook Central / Proquest 15639

EBSCO eBook Collection 9941

Springer Books 8113

Wiley 1409

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Source: https://g.co/gemini/share/04962a8607ca

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Workflow

Sushi Spreadsheet

Locate the vendor

Load Requester ID, Customer ID, API

Test the links

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Activation Challenges

AMA / JAMA

Active after several passes

URL was outdated

Tested DrD1 but only support TRJ1

American Physical Society

Not coming up as a vendor.

Elsevier required platform codes

You must enter the URL before you enter the Requestor ID

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References

Boardman, E., & Thompson, J. F. (2022). Visualizing COUNTER Metrics with SUSHI: Exploring Alma Analytics for E-Resource Evaluation. Serials Review, 48(3-4), 258–260. 10.1080/00987913.2022.2120328

Chandler, A., & Jewell, T. (2006). The Standardized Usage Statistics Harvesting Initiative (SUSHI). Serials (Oxford, England), 19(1), 68–70.

Cooper, M. M. (2021). Yes, I’ll have the SUSHI, Please: Reexamining the Path to Electronic Resource Statistics Gathering. The Serials Librarian, 81(2), 140–144. 10.1080/0361526X.2021.1999364

HENDRICKS, A. (2007). SUSHI, not just a tasty lunch anymore : The development of the NISO Committee SU's SUSHI standard. Library Hi Tech, 25(3), 422–429. 10.1108/07378830710820998

Pesch, O. (2011). Standards that Impact the Gathering and Analysis of Usage. The Serials Librarian, 61(1), 23–32. 10.1080/0361526X.2011.580044

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