The Journal Usage Statistics Portal (JUSP)

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The Journal Usage Statistics Portal (JUSP)
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Who?
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JISC Collections
National initiative for licensing online journals
on behalf of the higher and further education and
research communities in the UK
SHEDL aims through collaboration and combined
purchasing power to achieve a shared digital
library in Scotland
WHELF's mission is to promote library and
information services co-operation and to
encourage the exchange of ideas among University
and Higher Education libraries in Wales
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Background and aims

• Supports UK academic libraries by providing a
  single point of access to e-journal usage data
• Assists management of e-journals collections,
  evaluation and decision-making
• Provides statistics to ensure the best deals for
  the academic community

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Purpose and benefits

• Single point of access to usage data from
  multiple publishers
• No need to visit separate publisher sites to
  download usage statistics
• Usage comparison across publishers and years
• Establishing value for money

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Libraries in JUSP

• 100 libraries in JUSP
• All UK higher education institutions are welcome
  to participate (160)
• 10 new libraries per month

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Publishers and intermediaries in JUSP

• 11 publishers
• American Institute of Physics (AIP)
• Annual Reviews
• Edinburgh University Press (EUP)
• Elsevier
• Institute of Physics (IOP)
• Nature Publishing Group
• Oxford University Press
• Project MUSE
• Royal Society of Chemistry
• SAGE
• Springer
• 3 intermediaries
• Ebsco EJS
• Publishing Technology (ingentaconnect)
• Swets

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How do we collect data?

• Standardized Usage Statistics Harvesting
  Initiative (SUSHI)
• M2M way of gathering statistics
• Replaces the user-mediated collection of usage
  reports
• 12 JUSP SUSHI clients available
• SUSHI server to gather data from JUSP

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What data are we collecting?

• COUNTER usage reports
• JR1
• Journal Report 1 Number of Successful Full-Text
  Article Requests by Month and Journal
• JR1a
• Journal Report 1a Number of Successful Full-Text
  Article Requests from an Archive by Month and
  Journal

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What data are we presenting?
JUSP report type JUSP report title
Journal level reports JR1 and JR1A reports JR1 reports inc gateways and intermediaries JR1 reports excluding backfile usage
Summary reports SCONUL return Summary of publisher usage Summary use of gateway and host intermediaries Summary use of backfiles Tables and graphs Which titles have highest use Number of titles and requests in usage ranges
Experimental reports NESLi2 deals Titles vs NESLi2 deals Individual journal search and usage Breakdown of publisher usage (title and year)
Benchmarking Calendar and academic year (available to JISC)
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User feedback

• Gathering feedback and monitoring use
• Surveys
• Visits
• Ongoing dialogue

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What do users want?

• More publishers
• More trend analysis
• More sort options
• Integration with other statistics packages

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What do users like about JUSP?
"Evidence-based library decisions rely on the
timely analysis of usage statistics. JUSP has
quickly matured into a highly valued service
largely due to the team's skill in solving
problems and presenting complex data within a
clear and well-structured user interface. The
project has a real community feel to it, in that
it actively responds to user input and I think it
is a really good example of collaborative working
- something we should be striving towards to
avoid us needing to reinvent the wheel! I think
the team has worked very well with libraries in
seeking their input. "The more publishers you
can get on board the better! The JUSP portal is
already proving to be invaluable to us."
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Impact on libraries

• Single point of access to data
• Automation provided by SUSHI offers time saving
  benefits
• COUNTER compliant usage data available for SCONUL
  returns
• Report comparisons across publishers, years and
  platforms
• Flexible methods of viewing data through tables,
  charts or graphs
• Inclusion of intermediary stats
• Data checked and quality assured

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Implications for the community

• Providing support and guidance to the community
• Knowledge sharing
• SUSHI client available as free, open source
  software
• Ongoing consultation with libraries and
  publishers

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Information and contact details

• Angela.Conyers_at_bcu.ac.uk
• http//jusp.mimas.ac.uk