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Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 12:14:25 -0400
Message-Id: <v04210104b61cb5f2b204@[192.100.21.22]> Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 12:14:25 -0400 To: ninch-announce@cni.org, bb-all@ninch.org From: NINCH-ANNOUNCE <david@ninch.org>
NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT
News on Networking Cultural Heritage Resources
from across the Community
October 25, 2000
Council on Library and Information Resources Publishes
White Paper on E-Journal Usage Statistics
http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub94/pub94.pdf
>Subject: Press release
>Date: Wed, 25 Oct 00 11:07:04 -0700
>From: Kathlin Smith <ksmith@clir.org>
>To: "David Green" <david@ninch.org>
>
>
>
>For immediate release Contact:
> Deanna Marcum
>October 24, 2000
> 202-939-4750
>
>CLIR Publishes White Paper on E-Journal Usage Statistics
>
>
>Washington, D.C.-The Council on Library and Information Resources
>(CLIR) has published a white paper on electronic journal usage
>statistics by Judy Luther, president of the consulting firm Informed
>Strategies. The report examines why it has been difficult to obtain
>statistics on electronic journal usage, and reveals librarians' and
>publishers' concerns with respect to the generation of usage
>statistics. The paper suggests a context for further discussion
>between the providers and consumers of electronic journals.
>
>Fewer than half of the publishers of electronic journals currently
>generate statistics on usage for librarians. The reason is not a
>simple matter of publishers being unwilling to provide such
>information, even though some complain that implementing a data
>collection function is costly and others fear that librarians will
>cancel subscriptions if usage is low. A more basic problem is that
>there is no agreement on how to produce data that can be compared
>and analyzed. It has been difficult for librarians to know what to
>ask for when something as basic as the term "use" can have many
>meanings. Librarians and publishers must work together in solving
>the problem.
>
>The white paper reveals that publishers and librarians share a
>significant number of concerns besides a lack of comparable or
>complete usage data. They worry about the lack of context for
>understanding data, the lack of certainty about effective economic
>models, and the complexity of issues related to user privacy.
>
>According to the report, publishers who have begun to supply
>librarians with the needed data have not found that librarians are
>canceling subscriptions. In fact, publishers who have developed the
>capability to collect and analyze statistics for libraries are using
>this capability to create data for their own applications.
>
>The author notes that, currently, "associations involved in creating
>standards and guidelines on data collection are focused on defining
>the data elements and determining what is currently being done. No
>one is working directly with the publishers who have developed the
>data, understand the variables, and are in a position to provide
>guidance." Because it is a period of discovery for both librarians
>and publishers, the author recommends that a forum be held at which
>invited representatives from the publisher, vendor, and library
>communities could advance the dialog about generating data that can
>be compared.
>
>The White Paper on Electronic Journal Usage Statistics is available
>on CLIR's Web site, www.clir.org. Print copies will soon be
>available for $15 per copy through the Web site.
>
>The Council on Library and Information Resources works in
>partnership with libraries, archives, and other information
>providers to advocate collaborative approaches to preserving the
>nation's intellectual heritage and strengthening the many components
>of its information system. It works to support institutions as they
>integrate audiovisual and digital resources and services into their
>well-established, print-based environments.
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