Presentation from Making the Most of JUSP workshop on 11th June 2015. Afternoon session part 1 including an overview and demonstration of the usage profiling reports.
3. Usage profiling in JUSP
» A comparison of your usage from a selected publisher with
average usage of that publisher by other libraries in the same Jisc
band, region and group(s)
» Two different reports:
› Calendar year
› Academic year (which includes FTE information)
» Available for an increasing number of publishers participating in
JUSP
What is usage profiling?
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» The libraries you are compared with may not take the same deal as
you
» Some libraries may only have subscribed titles with that publisher
» Some libraries may not use a particular publisher
» The report provides averages and you cannot see institution-
specific data for any other institution
» Not all JUSP publishers have agreed to usage profiling
Things to bear in mind
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How to run the reports
Calendar
year
Academic
year
8. Usage profiling in JUSP
» Compare your usage with averages for institutions of similar type
that have deals or subscribed titles with the selected publisher
» Provide a context for what constitutes "good usage" by comparing
your own figures with averages for other similar institutions
» Promote evidence of higher than average usage within your
institution
» Seek reasons for lower than average usage
What can you do with the data?
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» Using the academic year report, see how your usage per FTE
compares with the average
» See how your FTE numbers compare with the average and
whether this may affect usage that is higher or lower than average
» Use in conjunction with other evidence (e.g. from the SCONUL
annual statistics) to see how well resources are being used within
your institution in relation to total spend and other factors
What can you do with the data?
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» Compare current data with previous years to see if usage patterns
have changed in relation to the averages
» Download as a CSV file to do your own more detailed analysis in
Excel
What can you do with the data?
JR1 (including gateways and intermediaries)
JR1a (archive)
JR1 – JR1a i.e. Frontfile
Number of libraries compared with in each group which will include old and new Jisc bands, HESA regions, and other groups to which you belong (e.g. Pre-1992, Post-1992, RLUK, Russell Group, Million +, University Alliance, UKADIA, Guild HE, SHEDL, WHELF, M25
Can download as CSV file for further analysis (e.g. in Excel).
All the features of the calendar year report, plus:
- Total FTE information (staff + student) for you and your comparator groups
- Average FTE (staff + student) for each of your comparator groups
- Number of requests per FTE shown in brackets after totals
Can download as CSV file for further analysis (e.g. in Excel).