This presentation was provided by Christina Drummond of the OAeBU Data Trust, during the NISO Hot Topic Virtual Conference "Ebooks and Collections." The event was held on August 25, 2021

1. Photo by Aliis Sinisalu on Unsplash
Learning from
User and
Reader Trends
Christina Drummond, MA ISTP, CIPP/US
Data Trust Program Officer | @cjsdrummond
The OA eBook Usage Data Trust
educopia.org/data_trust | @OAeBU_project

2. Open Access
eBook Supply Chain:
Usage Reporting
Clarke M. and Ricci L.., Open Access
eBook Supply Chain Maps for
Distribution and Usage Reporting
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.468
1870

3. Open Access
eBook Supply Chain:
Distribution
Clarke M. and Ricci L.., Open Access
eBook Supply Chain Maps for
Distribution and Usage Reporting
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.468
1870

4. Drummond C.
Engaging Stakeholder Networks to Support
Global OA Monograph Usage Analytics
bit.ly/EngagingNetworksforAnalytics

5. OA eBook Usage
Data Uses by
StakeholderType
Drummond C. and Hawkins
K., OA eBook Usage Data
Analytics and Reporting Use-
cases by Stakeholder
In Publication
bit.ly/OAeBUDataUseCases_Draft

6. Usage Data Difficulties
• Inconsistent usage data provided
from platforms
• Not always clear where OA books
are hosted
• Data wrangling
• Time required
• Difficulty
• Staff skill/availability
• Balancing internal operations vs.
reporting demands

7. Opportunities to Develop
• Ethical data use principles
• Data stewardship and
processing “rules”
(and DSAs)
• Transparent processing,
provenance, and algorithms
• Shared processing for
fewer usage data feeds