The ever increasing costs of journal subscriptions are forcing libraries to use more data-driven methods for cancellations and collection management. This article describes using citation analysis of faculty publications to measure citations to journals in a library's collection. At a cancer research institute in the Netherlands, over 200 journal titles were analyzed. About 10% of titles showed extremely low citation scores (<10 articles) and were considered for cancellation proposals to reduce costs. Citation data from research publications can provide objective data to inform decision-making about the journal collection.
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Rwanda has made significant reforms to improve the ease of doing business, rising from 143rd to 67th in the world rankings. Rwanda introduced reforms in 7 out of 10 categories tracked by the World Bank, including simplifying business start-up procedures and strengthening shareholder protections. Entrepreneurs can now start a business in Rwanda in just 2 procedures over 3 days. Other reforms have reduced the time required to register property by 255 days. For the first time, a Sub-Saharan African country, Rwanda, led the world in reforms to improve the business environment.
As quedas são um problema de saúde pública significativo entre os idosos, afetando cerca de
28% a 35% das pessoas com mais de 65 anos a cada ano. A frequência de quedas aumenta
com a idade e fragilidade. As quedas podem causar lesões que requerem atenção médica e
são responsáveis por 20-30% dos ferimentos leves e 10-15% de todas as visitas a emergências.
Prevenir quedas é crucial à medida que a população mundial envelhece.
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This document discusses the use of statistics and metrics to evaluate the nanotechnology journal collection at the HKUST Library. It examines usage statistics from COUNTER reports and impact factors from the Journal Citation Reports to analyze usage of e-journals. It finds that journals with higher impact factors tended to have more usage, while about a third of e-journals were never used. The document advocates using metrics for objective and frequent evaluation of collections to better meet user needs.
Eye On COMESA Newsletter - October 2009AFRIKASOURCES
Rwanda has made significant reforms to improve the ease of doing business, rising from 143rd to 67th in the world rankings. Rwanda introduced reforms in 7 out of 10 categories tracked by the World Bank, including simplifying business start-up procedures and strengthening shareholder protections. Entrepreneurs can now start a business in Rwanda in just 2 procedures over 3 days. Other reforms have reduced the time required to register property by 255 days. For the first time, a Sub-Saharan African country, Rwanda, led the world in reforms to improve the business environment.
As quedas são um problema de saúde pública significativo entre os idosos, afetando cerca de
28% a 35% das pessoas com mais de 65 anos a cada ano. A frequência de quedas aumenta
com a idade e fragilidade. As quedas podem causar lesões que requerem atenção médica e
são responsáveis por 20-30% dos ferimentos leves e 10-15% de todas as visitas a emergências.
Prevenir quedas é crucial à medida que a população mundial envelhece.
Charles Njoroge is seeking a position as an aircraft technician. He has over 10 years of experience in aircraft maintenance and holds several certificates in aeronautical engineering. His experience includes internships at Phoenix Aviation where he performed maintenance on various aircraft types and worked in their stores and technical records departments. Previously he held roles as an administrative assistant and driver at Pesanet Investments and as a taxi driver at NEbag taxis. He has strong computer and document skills and enjoys reading, scrabble, and excursions in his free time.
This document discusses the use of statistics and metrics to evaluate the nanotechnology journal collection at the HKUST Library. It examines usage statistics from COUNTER reports and impact factors from the Journal Citation Reports to analyze usage of e-journals. It finds that journals with higher impact factors tended to have more usage, while about a third of e-journals were never used. The document advocates using metrics for objective and frequent evaluation of collections to better meet user needs.
Getting the Measure of Analytics: Using bibliometrics and usage statistics to...Fintan Bracken
Presentation by Fintan Bracken and Arlene Healy entitled 'Getting the Measure of Analytics: Using bibliometrics and usage statistics to evaluate e-journals' delivered at the Academic & Special Libraries Section Annual Conference 2015 'The inside out library: collaboration, inspiration, transformation' in The Gibson Hotel, Dublin on 26th February 2015
Fintan Bracken & Arlene Healy presentation 'Getting the measure of analytics' delivered at #asl2015 'The inside out library: collaboration, inspiration, transformation' Feb 27th 2015
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The document describes how a university library implemented activity-based costing (ABC) to make necessary budget cuts while refocusing services. The library was asked to reduce its budget by 5% over 3 years. It analyzed costs using ABC and identified opportunities to reduce operating costs and materials budgets. This data-driven approach allowed strategic decisions to be made, such as cancelling underutilized databases and microform subscriptions, that minimized impacts on collections and services. Expert advice from campus budget officers supported the library's ABC methodology.
1. The document discusses preparing researchers for the next Research Excellence Framework (REF) assessment in the UK. It covers open access policies, bibliometrics, altmetrics, and ORCID identifiers.
2. Open access requirements for REF submissions are that journal articles and conference papers be made publicly available within 3 months of acceptance in an institutional repository.
3. Bibliometrics like citation counts and journal impact factors may play a larger role in REF assessments in the future, though peer review will still be primary. Concerns about gaming the system and disciplinary biases remain.
This document discusses bibliometrics and their use at Cardiff University. It begins with an introduction to bibliometric measures like citations, impact factors, and altmetrics. It then discusses how bibliometric data is presented in Cardiff's institutional repository and how it was used to provide context for research evaluations in the UK's REF2014 assessment exercise. The document concludes by outlining Cardiff's trial of the SciVal analytics tool and plans for a new research information system to better integrate bibliometric and altmetric data.
Usage Factor vs. Impact Factor: A case study withJason Price, PhD
The document discusses the usage factor, a proposed new metric for evaluating journals based on usage (downloads) rather than citations (impact factor). It describes how the usage factor is calculated and some advantages over the impact factor. A case study applying the usage factor to BioOne journals found the impact factor and usage factor rankings did not correlate and identified journals with high usage but low impact scores. Further development of the usage factor is still needed to address issues around data availability and standardization.
This Special Issue of the Journal of Apicultural Research (JAR) comprises the honey chapter (de Almeida-Muradian et al., 2020) of the COLOSS BEEBOOK Volume III “Standard methods for Apis mellifera hive product research”. The chapter describes the properties of Apis mellifera honey and standard protocols for the main methods of honey analysis. Further review papers and original research articles on honey and its properties can be found in the JAR Special Issue “Honey” published in issue 57
Reporting guidelines – Manuscript Writing in Medical Research – PubricaPubrica
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This document provides an overview of how to find information in civil and environmental engineering. It discusses the scientific method and how it relates to information retrieval. Various formats for scientific and technical literature are described, including journals, conference proceedings, magazines, books, encyclopedias, and databases. Specific databases relevant to civil engineering are also outlined, such as Scopus, Scifinder Scholar, and those from the American Society of Civil Engineers. The document concludes with tips for developing effective search strategies and evaluating sources.
Is that a scientific report or just some cool pictures from the lab? Reproduc...Greg Landrum
Requirements for reproducibility in computational chemistry publications include making available the data, code or algorithms, and results from the study. Authors should provide all data necessary to understand and assess their conclusions. Source code or detailed algorithm descriptions should also be included to allow independent reproduction of the work. Finally, publications must contain the actual results from applying the method rather than just describing results. Adopting these standards of transparency helps ensure others can evaluate and build upon published research claims.
The document discusses how to find information in civil and environmental engineering. It outlines the scientific method and how it relates to information retrieval. It describes various information sources like journals, conference proceedings, magazines, books, and databases. It provides tips on developing effective search strategies, evaluating results, and citing sources properly.
Usage Factor: Final Report & Next StepsJohn McDonald
1. The document discusses developing a Usage Factor (UF) metric to measure the usage and value of journals, similar to the Impact Factor.
2. An initial study found that both authors and librarians felt a UF would be helpful. However, there are challenges to address like data standards and accounting for print usage.
3. A second stage of testing real usage data from publishers against potential UF calculations is proposed, with a report on the findings. Developing a standardized UF metric could help demonstrate journal value.
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This document discusses usage statistics and the Journal Usage Statistics Portal (JUSP) project. It provides the following key points:
1) JUSP provides a single access point for usage statistics from multiple publishers, making it easier for libraries to access and analyze usage data.
2) Over 138 UK libraries participate in JUSP, which collects COUNTER-compliant usage reports from 18 publishers.
3) JUSP adds value to the standard COUNTER reports by enhancing data, allowing comparison of usage over time and across publishers, and helping libraries evaluate the value of deals.
This document discusses pricing models for electronic literature and eBooks in online libraries. It outlines different pricing approaches publishers use, including prior year pricing plus a premium, simultaneous user models, and population-based or institutional size models. The document also examines using cost-per-use metrics to determine value, how to set different prices for various market segments, and evolving pricing approaches for eBook content like reference works and textbooks.
This document discusses strategies for making library printing and copying more environmentally friendly. It recommends moving to electronic circulation notices, reserves, and other documents to eliminate paper use. It also suggests setting printers and copiers to default to double-sided printing and draft quality to reduce paper and ink usage. Using recycled paper and soy-based inks can further reduce environmental impact.
NISO Virtual Conference: Expanding the Assessment Toolbox: Blending the Old and New Assessment Practices
Value in numbers: A Shared Approach to Measuring Usage and Impact
Jo Alcock MSc(Econ) MCLIP, Researcher, Evidence Base, Birmingham City University
Value in numbers: A Shared Approach to Measuring Usage and Impact JUSPSTATS
Presentation given as part of the NISO Virtual Conference: Expanding the Assessment Toolbox: Blending the Old and New Assessment Practices. The presentation gives an overview of JUSP and IRUS-UK and shows the value in using a shared approach to measuring usage and impact.
Getting the Measure of Analytics: Using bibliometrics and usage statistics to...Fintan Bracken
Presentation by Fintan Bracken and Arlene Healy entitled 'Getting the Measure of Analytics: Using bibliometrics and usage statistics to evaluate e-journals' delivered at the Academic & Special Libraries Section Annual Conference 2015 'The inside out library: collaboration, inspiration, transformation' in The Gibson Hotel, Dublin on 26th February 2015
Fintan Bracken & Arlene Healy presentation 'Getting the measure of analytics' delivered at #asl2015 'The inside out library: collaboration, inspiration, transformation' Feb 27th 2015
Reporting guidelines – manuscript writing in medical research – pubricaPubrica
Reporting guidelines are tools that advise authors publishing a scientific article on particular study items to be disclosed to improve the research rigour, reproducibility, transparency, and scientific community acceptance of the study results and conclusions.
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The document describes how a university library implemented activity-based costing (ABC) to make necessary budget cuts while refocusing services. The library was asked to reduce its budget by 5% over 3 years. It analyzed costs using ABC and identified opportunities to reduce operating costs and materials budgets. This data-driven approach allowed strategic decisions to be made, such as cancelling underutilized databases and microform subscriptions, that minimized impacts on collections and services. Expert advice from campus budget officers supported the library's ABC methodology.
1. The document discusses preparing researchers for the next Research Excellence Framework (REF) assessment in the UK. It covers open access policies, bibliometrics, altmetrics, and ORCID identifiers.
2. Open access requirements for REF submissions are that journal articles and conference papers be made publicly available within 3 months of acceptance in an institutional repository.
3. Bibliometrics like citation counts and journal impact factors may play a larger role in REF assessments in the future, though peer review will still be primary. Concerns about gaming the system and disciplinary biases remain.
This document discusses bibliometrics and their use at Cardiff University. It begins with an introduction to bibliometric measures like citations, impact factors, and altmetrics. It then discusses how bibliometric data is presented in Cardiff's institutional repository and how it was used to provide context for research evaluations in the UK's REF2014 assessment exercise. The document concludes by outlining Cardiff's trial of the SciVal analytics tool and plans for a new research information system to better integrate bibliometric and altmetric data.
Usage Factor vs. Impact Factor: A case study withJason Price, PhD
The document discusses the usage factor, a proposed new metric for evaluating journals based on usage (downloads) rather than citations (impact factor). It describes how the usage factor is calculated and some advantages over the impact factor. A case study applying the usage factor to BioOne journals found the impact factor and usage factor rankings did not correlate and identified journals with high usage but low impact scores. Further development of the usage factor is still needed to address issues around data availability and standardization.
This Special Issue of the Journal of Apicultural Research (JAR) comprises the honey chapter (de Almeida-Muradian et al., 2020) of the COLOSS BEEBOOK Volume III “Standard methods for Apis mellifera hive product research”. The chapter describes the properties of Apis mellifera honey and standard protocols for the main methods of honey analysis. Further review papers and original research articles on honey and its properties can be found in the JAR Special Issue “Honey” published in issue 57
Reporting guidelines – Manuscript Writing in Medical Research – PubricaPubrica
Reporting guidelines are tools that advise authors publishing a scientific article on particular study items to be disclosed to improve the research rigour, reproducibility, transparency, and scientific community acceptance of the study results and conclusions.
Continue Reading: https://bit.ly/3Ap017y
For our services: https://pubrica.com/services/physician-writing-services/
Why Pubrica:
When you order our services, we promise you the following – Plagiarism free | always on Time | 24*7 customer support | Written to international Standard | Unlimited Revisions support | Medical writing Expert | Publication Support | Bio statistical experts | High-quality Subject Matter Experts.
Contact us:
Web: https://pubrica.com/
Blog: https://pubrica.com/academy/
Email: sales@pubrica.com
WhatsApp : +91 9884350006
United Kingdom: +44-1618186353
This document provides an overview of how to find information in civil and environmental engineering. It discusses the scientific method and how it relates to information retrieval. Various formats for scientific and technical literature are described, including journals, conference proceedings, magazines, books, encyclopedias, and databases. Specific databases relevant to civil engineering are also outlined, such as Scopus, Scifinder Scholar, and those from the American Society of Civil Engineers. The document concludes with tips for developing effective search strategies and evaluating sources.
Is that a scientific report or just some cool pictures from the lab? Reproduc...Greg Landrum
Requirements for reproducibility in computational chemistry publications include making available the data, code or algorithms, and results from the study. Authors should provide all data necessary to understand and assess their conclusions. Source code or detailed algorithm descriptions should also be included to allow independent reproduction of the work. Finally, publications must contain the actual results from applying the method rather than just describing results. Adopting these standards of transparency helps ensure others can evaluate and build upon published research claims.
The document discusses how to find information in civil and environmental engineering. It outlines the scientific method and how it relates to information retrieval. It describes various information sources like journals, conference proceedings, magazines, books, and databases. It provides tips on developing effective search strategies, evaluating results, and citing sources properly.
Usage Factor: Final Report & Next StepsJohn McDonald
1. The document discusses developing a Usage Factor (UF) metric to measure the usage and value of journals, similar to the Impact Factor.
2. An initial study found that both authors and librarians felt a UF would be helpful. However, there are challenges to address like data standards and accounting for print usage.
3. A second stage of testing real usage data from publishers against potential UF calculations is proposed, with a report on the findings. Developing a standardized UF metric could help demonstrate journal value.
Systematic review article and Meta-analysis: Main steps for Successful writin...Pubrica
A review article is a piece of writing that gives a complete and systematic summary of results available in a certain field while also allowing the reader to perceive the subject from a different viewpoint.
Continue Reading: https://bit.ly/3m7OTqC
For our services: https://pubrica.com/services/research-services/systematic-review/
Why Pubrica:
When you order our services, We promise you the following – Plagiarism free | always on Time | 24*7 customer support | Written to international Standard | Unlimited Revisions support | Medical writing Expert | Publication Support | Biostatistical experts | High-quality Subject Matter Experts.
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This document discusses usage statistics and the Journal Usage Statistics Portal (JUSP) project. It provides the following key points:
1) JUSP provides a single access point for usage statistics from multiple publishers, making it easier for libraries to access and analyze usage data.
2) Over 138 UK libraries participate in JUSP, which collects COUNTER-compliant usage reports from 18 publishers.
3) JUSP adds value to the standard COUNTER reports by enhancing data, allowing comparison of usage over time and across publishers, and helping libraries evaluate the value of deals.
This document discusses pricing models for electronic literature and eBooks in online libraries. It outlines different pricing approaches publishers use, including prior year pricing plus a premium, simultaneous user models, and population-based or institutional size models. The document also examines using cost-per-use metrics to determine value, how to set different prices for various market segments, and evolving pricing approaches for eBook content like reference works and textbooks.
This document discusses strategies for making library printing and copying more environmentally friendly. It recommends moving to electronic circulation notices, reserves, and other documents to eliminate paper use. It also suggests setting printers and copiers to default to double-sided printing and draft quality to reduce paper and ink usage. Using recycled paper and soy-based inks can further reduce environmental impact.
NISO Virtual Conference: Expanding the Assessment Toolbox: Blending the Old and New Assessment Practices
Value in numbers: A Shared Approach to Measuring Usage and Impact
Jo Alcock MSc(Econ) MCLIP, Researcher, Evidence Base, Birmingham City University
Value in numbers: A Shared Approach to Measuring Usage and Impact JUSPSTATS
Presentation given as part of the NISO Virtual Conference: Expanding the Assessment Toolbox: Blending the Old and New Assessment Practices. The presentation gives an overview of JUSP and IRUS-UK and shows the value in using a shared approach to measuring usage and impact.
This document describes a study comparing 48 patients clinically diagnosed with semantic dementia (SD) to patients with progressive nonfluent aphasia (PNFA), behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD), and Alzheimer's disease (AD) based on speech, comprehension, naming, repetition and behavioral features. Key findings include:
1) Patients with SD had significantly lower scores on naming and comprehension tests compared to other groups and their speech fluency was between PNFA and AD/bvFTD.
2) Semantic substitutions were frequent in SD but phonological errors were absent, unlike PNFA. Questioning the meaning of words was seen in nearly all SD patients.
3) Behavioral
This document discusses impact factors, which provide the average number of citations to articles in a particular journal. Impact factors are calculated based on the total citations in a given year to articles published in the two previous years, divided by the total number of articles published in those two years. There is significant variation in impact factors between different academic fields due to differences in average citations levels, publication and citation behaviors, and coverage by the database calculating the impact factors.
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How to Add Chatter in the odoo 17 ERP ModuleCeline George
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How to Make a Field Mandatory in Odoo 17Celine George
In Odoo, making a field required can be done through both Python code and XML views. When you set the required attribute to True in Python code, it makes the field required across all views where it's used. Conversely, when you set the required attribute in XML views, it makes the field required only in the context of that particular view.
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Librarians are leading the way in creating future-ready citizens – now we need to update our spaces to match. In this session, attendees will get inspiration for transforming their library spaces. You’ll learn how to survey students and patrons, create a focus group, and use design thinking to brainstorm ideas for your space. We’ll discuss budget friendly ways to change your space as well as how to find funding. No matter where you’re at, you’ll find ideas for reimagining your space in this session.
A workshop hosted by the South African Journal of Science aimed at postgraduate students and early career researchers with little or no experience in writing and publishing journal articles.
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Odoo provides an option for creating a module by using a single line command. By using this command the user can make a whole structure of a module. It is very easy for a beginner to make a module. There is no need to make each file manually. This slide will show how to create a module using the scaffold method.
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Citation analysis and collection management
Suzanne Bakker, Amsterdam
Ständig steigende Kosten für Zeitschriftenabonnements zwingen Bibliothekare detailliertere, auf Untersuchungen basierende Verfahren
für Abbestellungen und Bestandsmanagement zu finden. Qualitative Messungen, basierend auf Benutzungserhebungen, Benutzer-
befragungen und Impactfactor wurden eingehend geprüft. Quantitative Messungen wie Benutzungsstatistiken wurden von mehreren
Bibliotheken in Form von kontrollierter Rückstellung und dem Zählen von Fehlkopien im Papierkorb des Kopiergeräts angewendet.
In diesem Artikel wird eine kurze Überprüfung und Zitierungsanalyse verwendet, um Zitierung von Zeitschriften, welche im Bestand
geführt werden, zu messen. Die Statistik, die Kommandosprache und die Berichtsfunktion von DIMDI (besonders der Extrakt-Befehl)
wurden verwendet, um die Fakultätsarbeiten, welche in ISI’s Science Citation & and Social Science Citation Index ermittelt wurden, zu
analysieren. Von den über 200 aktuellen Titeln im Zeitschriftenbestand des Niederländischen Krebsinstitutes wiesen 10% eine extrem
niedrige Zahl von Zitierungen in Fakultätsarbeiten auf und wurden deshalb als Abbestellungsvorschläge in Betracht gezogen, welche vom
Bibliothekskomitee und/oder den Abteilungsspitzen diskutiert werden sollen.
Ever increasing costs of journal subscriptions force librarians to find more detailed procedures for “evidence-based” cancellations and collection
management. Quality measures based on surveys, questionnaires and impact factors have been perused extensively. Quantitative measures, usage
statistics, have been used in several libraries by methods of controlled reshelving and counting misprints in the waste basket of the photocopy machine.
In this article a quick scan and citation analysis of faculty papers published is used to measure citations to journals held in the collection. The statistics,
command language and report function of DIMDI (especially the extract command) was used to analyse faculty papers found in ISI’s Science Citation
& Social Science Citation Indices. Of the over 200 current titles in the journal collection of the Netherlands Cancer Institute, about 10% showed an
extreme low citation score in faculty papers and were therefore considered for cancellation proposals to be discussed with the library committee and/or
department heads.
The ever increasing costs of journal The next phase of collection management research library is to support this research and
subscriptions with over 10% per year and consisted of using the impact factors of ISI’s writing papers. Therefore analysis of the cited
the even more growing additional costs for annual Journal Citation Reports: a high journal articles, cited by faculty, can be used
providing electronic access to full-text have impact factor is used as a substitute for the for collection management: cited journal
resulted in journal collection management quality and prestige of a journal. Most articles (journal issues/volumes) should be
to become equivalent or synonymous to libraries have gone through this cycle of available in the collection and kept in the
cancellation management. cancellations as well. archives, according to Eldridge and
In the eighties of last century there were In research institutes faculty needs to publish Guenther (Bull MLA 2001:89;(1):71-5). As
multiple subscriptions to one title within an papers: not only the number of papers, but long as there are no major changes taking
institution; major emphasis in that period also the impact factor of the journal in which place in the focus of the ongoing research in
was aimed at merging smaller units and the papers are published count in the annual the institute, and taking for granted that the
resulted into a merged library organisation evaluations of research departments. focus of the journals does not change too
with only one single subscription to a title/ Publishing in and purchasing of journals much, these most-cited journals should be
institute. In the same period shared converged on the most prestigious, which in the current collection. And those titles not
cataloguing and computerisation of national are supposed to be equivalent to the higher cited, should be candidates for cancellation.
networks for interlibrary loan systems resulted impact journals. For the library this meant Elisabeth Wood summarizes the possible use
in further cancellations: extensive use was that information about the titles in which of publication analysis for journal collection
made of photocopies to provide document faculty publishes can also be used for management.1
delivery services, resulting in more collection management decisions. Again a Although citation data have been available
cancellations, leaving one or only a few stimulus for publishers of these journals to for many years, access and usage fee to the
subscriptions per country. Publishers reacted increase volume (and prices!). SCI database was a hindrance to extensive
with further rises of the subscription fees. usage of these data for library management.
There is still no end to cancellations, as library The next phase is the measuring of actual However, the availability of the JCR on CD-
budgets grow less than the costs of usage of the journal issues: for this purpose it ROM offers librarians the possibility (without
purchasing. is possible to use control of reshelving, but extra costs!) to make use of the actual citations
Over all these years library users and faculty unfortunately this is often too labour- found in faculty’s papers.
received questionnaires about their intensive, on the other hand requests to sign Lotte2 reports about the use of cited reference
information need; surveys about collection paper slips after consultation of issues is very data by retrieving and downloading from
use resulted in data to be used to make “wise” reliable. Some libraries count the misprints the SCI database on CD-ROM one by one
decisions in cancellations. The of the photocopy machines, which has a the records of all articles published by faculty,
trustworthiness of answers from faculty good correlation with actual use. For faculty according to the annual scientific report of
decreased over the years, knowing that their and staff in a research institute published the institute. Downloaded records include
answers would be used for a policy that was articles are a measure of scientific output. The all the cited references. The procedure
opposed to faculty’s interests. reason for having a journal collection in the described by Lotte will result in a 100%
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coverage of all data (citing and cited other way round: retrieving first all articles Crit Care Med
Curr Opin Hematol
references). These data were uploaded in an citing the journal, combining the set with all Nutr Cancer
Access database and by making use of Perl- articles published by the institute in the Radiol Diagn Imag Intervent
scripts further processing for detailed period 1995-2001. Scand J Environm Health
Semin Anesth
comparisons. This procedure takes a a) Using the “Extract Plus” command on the Semin Intervent Radiol
substantive period of time and working author field to analyse the citing authors with Top Magn Reson Imag
hours. Although these results will be very qualifiers set on minimum frequency of 2 Trends Endocrinol Metab
Urol Oncol
reliable, for collection management more and frequency as the output order. Urol Res
factors have to be taken into account when b) Names of senior staff members will be 4
Areas of interest related to research and clinical divisions in
the Netherlands Cancer Institute, tentative schedule for
considering purchase of cancellation. easily recognized in the (top of the) report to journal costs division and cost/citation analysis:
Therefore I propose a more pragmatic be able to get feed-back on the actual usage a) Multidisciplinary journals & institution wide usage (incl.
procedure, which aims at finding the and need of the journal. “General oncology”)
b) Research sections (I to VIII)
extremes, the very low cited among the c) Radiotherapy (IX)
current titles in the collection. For this purpose Of the ca. 200 current subscriptions to d) Internal medicine (non-surgical oncology) (X)
the high performance computing of DIMDI international journals in our library, 10% of e) Surgery (XI)
f ) Psychosocial & Epidemiologic Research (XII)
and the statistical processing and reporting the titles3 are worth tracking down for actual g) Diagnostics (XIII
of this system is well suited. The procedure usage and to discuss possible cancellation h) Biometrics
presented will have the advantage that no and/or replacement, because these were i) Nursing
j) Dutch language
records need to be shown or downloaded, hardly cited in the publications of our
therefore costs to perform this research are institute over the last 6 years (citations found Suzanne Bakker M.Sc.,
low at the present pricing policy of DIMDI. in <10 articles) Central Cancer Library, The Netherlands Cancer Institute /
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek hospital,
For a medium sized research institute like The same procedure can be used for finding Plesmanlaan 121
the Netherlands Cancer Institute (approx. highly cited journals that are missing in the 1066 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands
http://www.nki.nl
300 publications per year) the analysis can collection. This exercise was not performed tel. +31.20.512 2597
be performed within a few hours. for the Central Cancer Library, because over fax: +31.20.512 2599
the years ILL statistics are used to identify email: sbakker@nki.nl
1. Finding the published articles: titles worth considering for purchase.
a) Making use of the Science Citation Index In the near future it is expected that services
and Social Science Citation Index (DIMDI’s of the library have to be accounted for and Suzanne Bakker, librarian of the Netherlands Cancer
databases IS74 and IN73) broken down towards the different user Institute in Amsterdam, has been working in
b) Finding the articles published by the groups and departments in the institute. The academic medical libraries since 1984: first the
medical library of the University in Nijmegen and
institute, making use of information in the data on citations made by faculty could help
thereafter in the Academic Medical Centre of the
address field; limiting the search to the to indicate the relative benefit the University of Amsterdam.
publication dates 1995-2001 departments have from the central collection. Her professional interests are related to search &
c) Finding the articles from different Dividing costs of purchase over the citing retrieval in online databases (starting with the use
departments by using the author names of departments may result in usable cost/benefit of DIMDI and still making use of this service,
senior staff members and combining this set or cost/citation indicators for the journal especially for cross file searching and statistical
with the previous. The sets thus retrieved, collection4 . analyses (e.g. citation analysis).
consist of 28 to 272 articles per department, Active in the library associations: biomedical interest
varying between 50 and 90% of the articles Concluding remarks group of the Dutch Library Association (NVB/
BMI) and EAHIL, the European Association of
actually published by these departments
Collection management and journal Health Information and Libraries.
(comparison was made with the database of Board member of EAHIL, 1st vice president, and
cancellations may provoke emotional
articles published over these years in the member of the programme committees of several
arguments and discussions between the
annual scientific reports). EAHIL conferences (including the 8th European
library and faculty and are imposed by the
Conference of Medical and Health Libraries in
shrinking budgets and increasing costs. Cologne, September 2002). Within the library
2. Using the “Extract Plus” command for
Factual data about usage, performance associations she is most interested in planning and
the referenced journal name field; qualifiers
indicators or cost/benefit ratios are needed. organizing continuing education courses.
for the report were set on minimum
Citation analysis of faculty publications can
frequency 5 and output sequence to be on
be very helpful.
frequency 8ECMHL Cologne 2002:
a) Online (screen) output was logged; file 1
Wood EH. Faculty publication analysis: what journals do
URL: http://www.zbmed.de/eahil2002
could therefore be used for additional sorting they need? Hypothesis : the Newsletter of the Research Section
of MLA 2001;15(2):17-18.
of output reports (alphabetic order). 2
Lotte A. Citaatanalyse in een medische bibliotheek [Citation EAHIL:
b) A matrix consisting of the current journal analysis in a medical library]. Informatie Professional 2000;4(7/ URL: http://www.eahil.org
8):34-7 [Dutch].
subscriptions of the library against the 14 3
Acta Anaesth Scand
research departments was used to present the Am J Publ Health
NVB/BMI:
data of frequency of referenced (=cited) Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol URL: http://www.kb.nl/infolev/bmi
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
journals/department. Cancer Causes Contr
Clin Chem Lab Med
3. For those journals with a very low or no Clin J Pain
Clin Nutr
citations at all the search was performed the Controll Clin Trials
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