how to make your e-resources earn their keep ruth stubbings uk serials group seminar 2003
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MetaLib and SFX MetaLib portal of all our databases simultaneous searching of Z39.50 compliant databases SFX links article records to library catalogue and/or e-journals open URLTRANSCRIPT
How to make your e-resources earn their keep
Ruth Stubbings
UK Serials group seminar 2003
e-resources earning their keep what e-resources?
journals and databases
monitor usage stats & value for money
promotion of resources Database of the Month
MetaLib & SFX
MetaLib and SFX MetaLib
portal of all our databases simultaneous searching of Z39.50 compliant
databases
SFX links article records to library catalogue
and/or e-journals open URL
Implementation of MetaLib
large team approach Systems, Support Services & Academic
Librarians
long time scale March – September
smaller, separate team implemented SFX
Discussions Look and feel Branding Contents (electronic & print) Authentication (VLE username &
password) Library’s web pages (which should
exist) Information literacy skills
Cataloguing & configuring cataloguing easy
form driven quality & content testing
configuration difficult who should configure?
technical staff / academic librarians how many databases are Z39.50
compliant?
Pilot of MetaLib and SFX 3 Academic Departments
focus groups questionnaire
positive feedback
“Live” and maintenance “Live” in September 2002
Training generic and departmental (80 participants to 3 sessions) Handout http://www.lboro.ac.uk/library/dbase/metalib.html Online tutorial http://inhale.hud.ac.uk/perl/jump.pl?13-56
Enquiries easier to answer
smaller MetaLib group on average half a day per week upgraded June & November 2003
Statistics increase in usage of databases
609%
0
20,000
40,000
60,000
80,000
100,000
120,000
140,000
160,000
1st Q 2nd Q 3rd Q 4th Q
20012002
Stats by database usage up
Zetoc 1385%SportDiscus 1207%ICEA 225%INSPEC 73%OCLC 79%ABES 36%IBSS 31%Beilstein 23%
usage downPsycinfo -
63%Lexis-Nexis -51%Mintel -36%RAPRA -31%UKOP -6%Art Abstracts -12%Compendex -4%
Top ten databases in 2003June July August September October
ArticleFirst Zetoc ArticleFirst ArticleFirst ArticleFirst
Zetoc ArticleFirst Zetoc Zetoc Zetoc
IBSS IBSS IBSS IBSS AnteOPAC ASSIA ASSIA ABM IBSSAnte Ante Ante OPAC ASSIAASSIA OPAC OPAC Ante OPACCompendex Inspec Inspec ASSIA Inspec
Inspec Compendex Compendex Inspec SportDiscus
BHI SportDiscus BHI Ceramic Abs Medline
Medline Medline SportDiscus Compendex BioSci
Comp & Info Eng Mat Medline Medline Compendex
BioSci Polymer Polymer SportDiscus Comp & Info
What does this mean? students
less googlisation? cross searchable versus
most appropriate?
Researchers & academics using MetaLib cross search
more than anticipated
The future investigate:
usage stats for e-journals searching behaviour of readers
incorporate new features of MetaLib e-journals