Usage statistics and scholarly communications

Morrison, Heather Usage statistics and scholarly communications., 2006 . In 26th Annual Charleston Conference, Charleston, SC (US), 8-11 November 2006. [Conference paper]

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English 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.

Item type: Conference paper
Keywords: electronic journals ; e-journals ; electronic resources ; e-resources ; use ; use-based pricing ; scholarship ; information access
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.
Depositing user: Norm Medeiros
Date deposited: 22 Feb 2007
Last modified: 02 Oct 2014 12:06
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/9025

References

Andrew Odlyzko, Internet Pricing and the History of Communications http://www.dtc.umn.edu/~odlyzko/doc/history.communications1b.pdf


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