CE400 Understanding Usage Statistics and Using Them as a Decision-making Tool

Level: Beginning
Prerequisite: None
Cost: $240 (nonmember, $445)
Attendance Maximum: 20

Instructor(s): Nisa Bakkalbasi, Director, Planning and Assessment, Libraries and Educational Technologies, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA

Offered: Friday, May 13, 8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Publishers and vendors in growing numbers are making an effort to make usage statistics available to libraries. This workshop provides an opportunity to understand how Counting Online Usage Statistics of Networked Electronic Resources (COUNTER) usage statistics reports provided by publishers and vendors can be used as a decision-making tool. The workshop will also present how to manipulate the data using a spreadsheet, which participants can use for cost-per-use and return-on-investment analysis. By the end of the class, participants will be able to download usage statistics reports and understand COUNTER usage report content, data elements, definitions of these data elements, format, frequency and methods of delivery, and current protocols. Participants will also be able to develop a plan to gather and analyze usage reports in order to assess usage of electronic collections that will demonstrate their library collections' value.

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