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Assessing Return on Investment for E-Resources: A Cross-Institutional
Analysis of Cost-Per-Use Data
Patrick L. CarrALCTS CRS C&RL IG Midwinter Meeting
San Diego. January 9, 2011
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“Print was simpler.”
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Indeed:
This
has been replaced by…
From Appendix B of the 2004 report of the Digital Library Federation’s Electronic Resources Management Initiative.
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Indeed:
This
Has been replaced by…
From Appendix B of the 2004 report of the Digital Library Federation’s Electronic Resources Management Initiative.
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Indeed:
This
Has been replaced by…
“Print was simpler.”
From Appendix B of the 2004 report of the Digital Library Federation’s Electronic Resources Management Initiative.
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Indeed:
This
Has been replaced by…
“Print was simpler.”Not when it comes to use-based
evaluations.
From Appendix B of the 2004 report of the Digital Library Federation’s Electronic Resources Management Initiative.
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Thomas E. Nisonger, Management of Serials in Libraries (Englewood, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited, 1998): 160-65.
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Thomas E. Nisonger, Management of Serials in Libraries (Englewood, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited, 1998): 160-65.
We have far superior tools to assess use of e-resources.
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Cost-Per-Use:
Annual Subscription Cost÷
Annual Use
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Cost-Per-Use:
A powerful tool for assessing return on investment.
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Cost-Per-Use:
A powerful tool for assessing return on investment.
But are we using CPU data to its fullest potential?
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Chuck Hamaker’s idea: A cross-institutional analysis of CPU data
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Caveat: The coverage ranges for cost and use
data didn’t always overlap completely.
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Caveat: The coverage ranges for cost and use
data didn’t always overlap completely.
Caveat: Institution-by-
institution access
sometimes differed for resources.
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Caveat: The coverage ranges for cost and use
data didn’t always overlap completely.
Caveat: Institution-by-
institution access
sometimes differed for resources.
Caveat: Not all sources of use
data were COUNTER compliant.
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Caveat: The coverage range for cost and use
data didn’t always overlap completely.
Caveat: Institution-by-
institution access
sometimes differed for resources.
Caveat: Not all sources of use
data were COUNTER compliant.
We can’t really use this study’s results to make sweeping
conclusions.
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Publisher Journal Packages UNC Charlotte ECU UNC Wilmington UNC Greensboro
Resource Average
Cost Per FT Article
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Cost Per FT Article
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Cost Per FT Article
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Cost Per FT Article
DownloadAmerican Chemical Society Web Editions $5.32 $4.72 $4.84 $6.41
Annual Reviews $4.21 $4.22 $3.14 $5.27
Blackwell Synergy $11.51 $11.46 $7.59 $20.12 $6.88Cambridge University Press $7.28 $8.59 $8.27 $5.86 $6.40E-Duke Scholarly Collection $5.35 $4.73 $6.94 $4.39
Elsevier ScienceDirect $5.69 $3.89 $4.22 $8.56 $6.08
Oxford University Press $5.24 $4.13 $3.77 $6.56 $6.49
Sage $6.15 $4.42 $4.79 $10.25 $5.15
Springer $10.49 $9.06 $6.64 $15.17 $11.08
Wiley $14.43 $14.17 $12.72 $23.64 $7.20
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Full-Text AggregatorsUNC Charlotte ECU
UNC Wilmington
UNC Greensboro
Resource Average
Cost Per FT Article
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Cost Per FT Article
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Cost Per FT Article
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Cost Per FT Article
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ATLA Religion $4.34 $1.25 $1.62 $8.90 $5.61
Communication & Mass Media Complete $0.52 $0.03 $0.63 $0.89 $0.53
EconLit $3.84 $3.49 $4.18
Literature Resource Center $3.68 $2.91 $7.15 $0.99
PsycArticles $0.61 $0.27 $1.06 $0.54 $0.58
SPORTdiscus $0.55 $0.35 $0.35 $0.96
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Journal Site LicensesUNC Charlotte ECU
UNC Wilmington
UNC Greensboro
Resource Average
Cost Per FT Article
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Cost Per FT Article
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Cost Per FT Article
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Cost Per FT Article
Download
Nature $3.71 $3.08 $3.01 $5.35 $3.41
Nature Biotechnology $24.70 $18.00 $16.75 $39.36
Nature Cell Biology $42.92 $55.59 $13.10 $60.07
Nature Genetics $20.62 $14.82 $12.04 $35.01
Nature Medicine $20.61 $26.71 $7.13 $27.98
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology $68.76 $28.07 $109.45
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Indexing & Abstracting DatabasesUNC Charlotte ECU
UNC Wilmington
UNC Greensboro
Resource AverageCost Per Search
Cost Per Search
Cost Per Search
Cost Per Search
America, History and Life $0.41 $0.12 $0.66 $0.20 $0.64Film and Television Literature Index $0.05 $0.04 $0.07 $0.05
Historical Abstracts $0.49 $0.13 $0.77 $0.23 $0.82
Journal Citation Reports Web $7.99 $5.25 $10.73
Mathscinet $0.73 $0.11 $0.25 $1.72 $0.85
MLA International Bibliography $0.15 $0.17 $0.21 $0.12 $0.09
Philosopher's Index $1.04 $0.69 $0.16 $2.26 RILM Abstracts of Music Literature $0.11 $0.08 $0.10 $0.16
Ulrichs Periodicals Directory $2.02 $4.32 $0.86 $0.89
Web of Science $1.80 $0.92 $2.24 $1.18 $2.87
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Three Questions
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Three Questions
What does a cross-institutional CPU analysis actually tell us?
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Three Questions
What does a cross-institutional CPU analysis actually tell us?
How can we use what it tells us?
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Three Questions
What does a cross-institutional CPU analysis actually tell us?
How can we use what it tells us?
Where do we go from here?
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Questions/Comments
Patrick L. CarrHead of Electronic & Continuing Resource Acquisitions
Joyner LibraryEast Carolina University
Greenville, North Carolina 27858email: [email protected]: 252-328-2266