1. Manchester
Journal and ebook usage statistics with JUSP18th May 2016
(morning)

2. Morning Afternoon
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» JUSP for Journals
» How libraries use JUSP
» Journal scenarios
» Discussion
» JUSP for ebooks
» Ebook scenario
» Discussion on ebook data
» Future developments
Workshop Agenda

3. Introductions
Name
Organisation
Experience with JUSP
Work with journals/books/both

4. Learning Goals

5. JUSP for Journals
Laura Wong

6. What does JUSP do for libraries?
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JUSP gathers your usage data from multiple publishers
and presents this in a single interface with a variety of
reports and helpful functionality
SUSHI
COUNTER-compliant
Participation agreement

7. Benefits of JUSP
» single point of access to journal and ebook usage data
» save time and duplicated effort
» simple way to analyse usage trends and provide evidence of value
for money
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8. What does JUSP do?
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Publisher journal
usage reports
DOAJ KB+ core titles
Deal title lists
Journal level reports
Summary reports
Titles and deals reports
Usage profiling
KB+
Library systems
SUSHI
Intermediary journal
usage reports
SUSHI Portal
COUNTER-compliant
usage reports

9. What is COUNTER?
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» Journal report 1 (JR1) - Number of
successful full-text article requests by
month and journal
» Journal report 1a (JR1a) - Number of
successful full-text article requests from
an archive by month and journal
» Journal report 1 GOA (JR1 GOA) -
Number of successful Gold Open Access
full-text article requests by month and
journal
COUNTER
Code of
Practice
vendor
generated
data
consistent
compatible
credible

10. Which publishers?
Participating publishers and available reports http://jusp.mimas.ac.uk/participants/
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11. Demo
» Welcome screen
» Generating reports
» Journal level reports
» Summary reports
» Usage profiling
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12. How libraries use JUSP
Jo Alcock

13. How libraries use JUSP
“obtaining usage data for multiple
platforms when doing the SCONUL Return
and conducting serials/subscription
reviews”
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14. How libraries use JUSP
“Checking stats for our annual journals
review - stats help the library and
Faculty staff to assess value based on
CPU* (although this is not the sole
indicator used.)”
*cost per use
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15. How libraries use JUSP
“I look at the reports on JUSP 2 or 3 times a
year to get an indicator of how much
journals across my Faculty are being used
and report any concerns to relevant
academics.”
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16. How libraries use JUSP
“I use JUSP to generate statistics such (as)
most used titles and most used publishers. I
display these on our website, to promote e-
resource usage to university staff and
students. ”
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17. How libraries use JUSP
http://www.jusp.mimas.ac.uk/use-cases/
http://www.jusp.mimas.ac.uk/events-
training/
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18. Discussion on journal usage statistics
What report(s) would you use if you
need to provide evidence of value at
short notice?
How would you present this
information?
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19. Discussion on journal usage statistics
What are the pros and cons of the
individual title search?
How is marking up core titles useful?
What are the limitations?
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20. Discussion on journal usage statistics
What reports do/would you find most
useful for determining overall usage of a
deal and why?
What other information would you use
to inform any decisions?
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21. Discussion on journal usage statistics
How would/do you use the JUSP
SCONUL return report in your
preparation for the SCONUL return?
If you don’t submit to the SCONUL
return, how might you use this summary
report?
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22. Discussion on journal usage statistics
What steps would you take if you found
anomalies in your data? For example, a
large spike in usage in a particular
month.
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