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Please find below information about an invitation to tender for a study to assess the impact of Library Discovery Technology on content usage. The research is being sponsored by UKSG with the support of Jisc.
PRESS RELEASE: 24th April 2013
UKSG and Jisc collaborate on a new research study and have issued an invitation to tender
Assessing the Impact of Library Discovery Technology on Content Usage
UKSG, with the support of Jisc, announced today that they wish to invite tenders for a research study assessing the impact of library discovery technology on electronic content usage in the scholarly information community.
The aims/purpose of the study are:
· to evaluate the impact that library discovery technologies (such as link resolvers and web-scale resource discovery services) have on the usage of academic resources
· to provide evidence to determine if there is a case for (a) investment in discovery technologies by libraries and (b) engagement with library discovery technologies by publishers and others in the academic information supply chain (unless no positive impact is found, in which case to provide evidence to this effect)
· to provide recommendations for actions that libraries, publishers and others in the academic information supply chain should take to engage with such technologies to best support the discovery of resources for teaching, learning and research
· to identify additional research, data, discussion, initiatives or other activities required that will support the implementation of the findings of this study.
Ed Pentz, Research Officer for UKSG and CEO of CrossRef said “the use of library discovery technologies has grown enormously over the last couple of years and many libraries have anecdotally reported (and in some cases provided evidence for) significant increases in usage of content as a result of their implementation. However, there still is very little publicly available information evidencing the impact of such technology. The aim is that this research project will give publishers, libraries and other content providers the means to assess the impact of these technologies on usage of their content”.
The deadline for tenders is 12 noon UK time on Monday June 3rd, 2013. Bidders may be required to support their tender with an in-person presentation and if so then these will be held on a date in June to be determined. The final work under this contract should be completed by Sunday 6th October 2013.
More information and the tender document can be found at www.uksg.org/researchstudy
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About UKSG
The UKSG mission is to connect the information community and encourage the exchange of ideas on scholarly communication. We are the only organisation spanning the wide range of interests and activities across the scholarly information community of librarians, publishers, intermediaries and technology vendors.
About Jisc
is a registered charity working on behalf of UK higher education, further education and skills to champion the use of digital technologies. Historically, JISC stood for Joint Information Systems Committee but over the last decade we have evolved and as a company we are now known as Jisc. Further information about Jisc is available at http://www.jisc.ac.uk/aboutus.aspx.
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