1. Sujay Darji, Swets
Andrew Nagy, Summon
Ann Campion Riley, University of Missouri
Aaron Woods, Alexander Street Press

2.  How do new tools change the way information
from publishers and vendors interact?
 How do new tools change the way users access
information?
 How do new tools change the way librarians track
the way users access information?
 How does all this affect the way librarians make
decisions on what to purchase?

4. Simple
Easy
Fast

5. Unified Index

6. 6

7.  Competitors are now collaborative partners
 Metadata can no longer be married to the
interface

8. EBSCO
Discovery
Service
Serials
Solutions
Summon
ExLibris
Primo
Central
OCLC
WorldCat
Local
Innovative’s
Encore
BlackLight
Vufind

11.  To measure value for money (cost per click)
 To inform purchase decisions
 To justify budgets to university
 To charge back to faculties
 To identify training issues
 To understand user behaviour and trends
The value of usage statisticsThe value of usage statistics

12. The Problem The Solution

13. Price per Use ReportPrice per Use Report

15. Total monthly usage over years
0
50,000
100,000
150,000
200,000
250,000
300,000
350,000
400,000
450,000
500,000
January
February
March
April
May
June July
August
September
October
November
December
Month
Usage(FTarticlerequests)
2008 Usage
2009 Usage
2010 YTD Usage

16. Andrew Nagy
Market Manager North America
Discovery Services
1.215.501.2988
Andrew.Nagy@Serialsolutions.com
Aaron Wood
Director, Software Product Management
1.800.889.5973 ext 122
Awood@astreetpress.com
Sujay Darji
Electronic Product Manager
The Americas
1.856.312.2332
Sdarji@us.swets.com
Ann Campion Riley
University of Missouri
Associate Director for Access, Collections and Technical Services
1.573.882.1685
Rileyac@missouri.edu