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Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 09:23:12 -0700
From: Mitch Turitz <turitz@SFSU.EDU>
Subject: Re: E-J statistics

David:
   One of the problems we've had with statistics reporting use is that
the statistics reported by the different vendors are not uniform or
standardized.  Some vendors count by how many times a patron click
the mouse on their web page, others by just the login/logout, etc.
The statistics would be one thing if we only had one vendor, but we
subscribe to over 100 different online databases, providing access to
thousands of titles (some just as the articles, not as the actual
e-journals themselves).
   Until there is a uniform way of reporting use statistics from ALL
the vendors, I do not see a way of getting an accurate count. (Even
if there is a standard, that does not mean all the vendors will
implement it)
-- Mitch Turitz

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Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 13:28:13 -0400
From: David Goodman <dgoodman@Princeton.EDU>
Subject: E-J statistics

Are any of the readers of this list maintaining a month-by-month count
of the total use by their library of _every_ ejournal they receive? (Not
just the journals from a particular publisher or distributor.) I have
been asked to provide an estimate of the work involved.
Please contact me off list.

--
David Goodman
Biology Librarian
and Co-chair, Electronic Journals Task force
Princeton University Library
Princeton, NJ 08544-0001
phone: 609-258-3235
fax: 609-258-2627
e-mail: dgoodman@princeton.edu

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