Hello. I'm with a publisher and we are actually looking into providing
usage reports to our institutional subscribers. Would you mind summarizing
for the list or email me with the responses? This information would be
very helpful as well as interesting to us.
Thanks!

Sharon Landers
Director of Circulation
PPPI
Memphis TN

> I am doing some research about what kinds of usage statistics academic
> libraries are gathering on their journal collections and databases.   Many
> if not most vendors/publishers are or are becoming COUNTER compliant but
> generally still offer other types of reports as well.  We use both and are
> currently doing manual downloads or receiving automated e-mail reports,
> depending on the vendor.
>
>
> 1.       Is there anyone who could share information on what types of
> statistics they generally use?  COUNTER, vendor reports, both, other?
>
> 2.       Which of these, if any, do you use to make purchase and retention
> decisions?
>
> 3.       Is SUSHI as user-friendly and efficient as it appears?
>
> Please feel free to comment on any of these questions off-list to my
> e-mail address below.
>
> Thanks
>
> Paris E. Webb, M.L.S., M.A. Eng.
> Digital Resources & Systems Support Librarian
> Assistant Professor/ Librarian II / DL 203, Marshall University Libraries,
> One John Marshall Drive, Huntington, WV 25755 / 304-696-3511 /
> webbp@marshall.edu<mailto:webbp@marshall.edu>
>

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Sharon Landers
Director of Circulation
Physicians Postgraduate Press, Inc.
PO Box 752870
Memphis TN 38175-2870
Phone: 901.273.2705
Fax: 901.273.2747
Email: sharonL@psychiatrist.com