Usage statistics and scholarly communications
(2006) Usage statistics and scholarly communications. In Strauch, Katina P. and Steinle, Kim and Bernhardt, Beth R. and Daniels, Tim, Eds. Proceedings 26th Annual Charleston Conference, Charleston, SC (US).
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Abstract
High quality, comparable usage statistics are either available, or just around the corner, thanks to COUNTER and SUSHI. Librarians are very aware of the need for, and benefits of, usage statistics. This article will touch on the benefits of usage statistics, but focus primarily on some serious potential dangers to scholarship if these statistics are used as a basis for economic decisions. The most serious danger arises from usage-based pricing, which inevitably discourages use. Basing purchasing and canceling decisions on usage statistics can have enormous implications for scholarship; for example, there are important areas of research, such as endangered species and rare diseases, where the number of potential readers may be small.
| Keywords: | electronic journals ; e-journals ; electronic resources ; e-resources ; use ; use-based pricing ; scholarship ; information access |
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| Subjects: | J. Technical services in libraries, archives, museum. > JA. Acquisitions. B. Information use and sociology of information. > BA. Use and impact of information. H. Information sources, supports, channels. > HN. e-journals. J. Technical services in libraries, archives, museum. > JC. Withdrawals. H. Information sources, supports, channels. > HP. e-resources. |
| ID Code: | 8825 |
| Deposited By: | Medeiros, Norm |
| Deposited On: | 22 February 2007 |
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