Vendor-supplied usage data for electronic resources: a survey of academic libraries

2008 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gayle BAKER ◽  
Eleanor J. READ
Keyword(s):  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Electronic Resources ◽  
Usage Data

Evolving Roles for Electronic Resources Librarians

2011 ◽  
pp. 105-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debra Engel ◽  
Sarah Robbins
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Organizational Structure ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Core Competencies ◽  
Electronic Resources ◽  
Research Libraries ◽  
The Core ◽  
Job Advertisements

This chapter examines the evolution of the electronic resources librarian position within academic libraries as a result of increasing demands for electronic resources and the need for librarians devoted to planning, selecting, implementing, and evaluating electronic resources. The authors discuss the core competencies of electronic resources librarians and analyze the content of job advertisements for electronic resources librarian positions published in the College & Research Libraries News and The Chronicle of Higher Education between July 2001 and June 2006. The analysis reveals that electronic resources librarians are expected to be skillful communicators and collaborators as well as experienced with technology and versed in the issues surrounding electronic resources. Implications of these findings on the organizational structure are discussed.

E-Metrics

2016 ◽  
pp. 201-209
Author(s):  
Tawfeeq Nazir
Keyword(s):  
Information Resources ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Electronic Resources ◽  
Time Usage ◽  
Usage Data

Libraries are spending large proportion of their budget on the subscription of information resources (print and electronic resources). Since the early 2000's increasing percentage of library budget has been shifted to the purchase of e-resources. The usage data of e-resources provided by the publishers and aggregators to libraries, proved to be helpful for libraries and decision makers in selecting best possible resources for their users. In yesteryear's many e-metrics tools had been developed and are in continuous experiments so to develop reliable, consistent and on time usage data. The present study discusses the various e-metrics tools and their advantages and limitations.

scholarly journals There is a Relationship between Resource Expenditures and Reference Transactions in Academic Libraries

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 87
Author(s):  
Annie M. Hughes
Keyword(s):  
Survey Data ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
The United States ◽  
Computer Hardware ◽  
Lower Amount ◽  
Linear Modeling ◽  
Electronic Resources ◽  
Electronic Resource ◽  
The Impact

A Review of: Dubnjakovic, A. (2012). Electronic resource expenditure and the decline in reference transaction statistics in academic libraries. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 38(2), 94-100. doi: 10.1016/j.acalib.2012.01.001 Objective – To provide an analysis of the impact of expenditures on electronic resources and gate counts on the increase or decrease in reference transactions. Design – Analysis of results of existing survey data from the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) 2006 Academic Library Survey (ALS). Setting – Academic libraries in the United States. Subjects – 3925 academic library respondents. Methods – The author chose to use survey data collected from the 2006 ALS conducted by the NCES. The survey included data on various topics related to academic libraries, but in the case of this study, the author chose to analyze three of the 193 variables included. The three variables: electronic books expenditure, computer hardware and software, and expenditures on bibliographic utilities, were combined into one variable called electronic resource expenditure. Gate counts were also considered as a variable. Electronic resource expenditure was also split as a variable into three groups: low, medium, and high. Multiple regression analysis and general linear modeling, along with tests of reliability, were employed. Main Results – The author determined that low, medium, and high spenders with regard to electronic resources exhibited differences in gate counts, and gate counts have an effect on reference transactions in any given week. Gate counts tend to not have much of an effect on reference transactions for the higher spenders, and higher spenders tend to have a higher number of reference transactions overall. Low spenders have lower gate counts and also a lower amount of reference transactions. Conclusion – The findings from this study show that academic libraries spending more on electronic resources also tend to have an increase with regard to reference transactions. The author also concludes that library spaces are no longer the determining factor with regard to number of reference transactions. Spending more on electronic resources is also important to increase both in-person and electronic reference transactions.

scholarly journals Cost Differentials between E-Books and Print in Academic Libraries

2015 ◽  
Vol 76 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy P. Bailey ◽  
Amanda L. Scott ◽  
Rickey D. Best
Keyword(s):  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Electronic Resources ◽  
Auburn University ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Commercial Press ◽  
Mean Cost ◽  
Cost Differentials ◽  
Initial Price

Academic libraries continue to face funding pressures compounded by the need to provide students with access to electronic resources, both in journal and book formats. With space constraints and the need to repurpose library space to other uses, libraries must carefully examine the move to e-only formats for books to determine if the format makes reasonable economic sense.A survey conducted at Auburn University at Montgomery (AUM) has confirmed for academic libraries the work of Gray and Copeland on e-books being more expensive than print for public libraries. For AUM, the mean cost for an e-book is significantly higher than for the print counterpart of that title. The cost differentials between the two formats show e-books as being consistently higher than print in initial price. This consistency holds true across all LC classifications, regardless of whether or not the title is published by a university press or a commercial press.

scholarly journals Adoption of NISO’s Shared Electronic Resource Understanding (SERU) at US Academic Libraries

2019 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 185
Author(s):  
Sunshine Jacinda Carter
Keyword(s):  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Copyright Law ◽  
Electronic Resources ◽  
Electronic Resource ◽  
National Information

Following the emergence of electronic resources (e-resources), librarians developed licensing guidelines, standards, models, and understandings to educate, increase efficiencies, and retain rights afforded by copyright law. To reduce licensing burdens, the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) released the Shared E-Resource Understanding (SERU) in 2008, a set of “understandings” created and agreed upon by libraries and vendors. The author conducted a survey in 2017 of licensing practices and SERU use at libraries. The survey analyzed 108 responses from US academic libraries signing at least one license in the twelve months preceding the survey.

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