Medeiros, Norm . Uses of Necessity or Uses of Convenience? What Usage Statistics Reveal and Conceal About Electronic Serials., 2007 In: Usage Statistics of E-Serials. Haworth Press, pp. 233-243. [Book chapter]
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English abstract
Electronic serials (e-serials) have had a profound effect on technical and collection services in most academic libraries. E-serials circumvent traditional serials control practices; they force libraries to rely on publishers and third parties for archiving, and most pertinent to this volume, they relocate from libraries to e-serials providers the responsibility for measuring use. The disaggregation of “big deals” makes the collection and analysis of usage statistics especially important activities. Often uses of e-serials merely meet professorial requirements, rather than satisfy an information need, with no ability for libraries to distinguish between the two. Furthermore, the cost-per-use calculation performed by libraries to determine whether subscription or article-on-demand purchasing is the more fiscally-prudent option is fraught with error. A new means of calculating these figures must be developed.
Item type: | Book chapter |
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Keywords: | electronic journals ; e-journals ; electronic serials ; e-serials ; usage statistics |
Subjects: | B. Information use and sociology of information > BA. Use and impact of information. H. Information sources, supports, channels. > HN. e-journals. |
Depositing user: | Norm Medeiros |
Date deposited: | 21 Jan 2008 |
Last modified: | 02 Oct 2014 12:10 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10760/11026 |
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