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Assessing Return on Investment for E-Resources: A Cross-Institutional
Analysis of Cost-Per-Use Data
Patrick L. CarrALCTS CRS C&RL IG Midwinter Meeting
San Diego. January 9, 2011
“Print was simpler.”
Indeed:
This
has been replaced by…
From Appendix B of the 2004 report of the Digital Library Federation’s Electronic Resources Management Initiative.
Indeed:
This
Has been replaced by…
From Appendix B of the 2004 report of the Digital Library Federation’s Electronic Resources Management Initiative.
Indeed:
This
Has been replaced by…
“Print was simpler.”
From Appendix B of the 2004 report of the Digital Library Federation’s Electronic Resources Management Initiative.
Indeed:
This
Has been replaced by…
“Print was simpler.”Not when it comes to use-based
evaluations.
From Appendix B of the 2004 report of the Digital Library Federation’s Electronic Resources Management Initiative.
Thomas E. Nisonger, Management of Serials in Libraries (Englewood, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited, 1998): 160-65.
Thomas E. Nisonger, Management of Serials in Libraries (Englewood, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited, 1998): 160-65.
We have far superior tools to assess use of e-resources.
Cost-Per-Use:
Annual Subscription Cost÷
Annual Use
Cost-Per-Use:
A powerful tool for assessing return on investment.
Cost-Per-Use:
A powerful tool for assessing return on investment.
But are we using CPU data to its fullest potential?
Chuck Hamaker’s idea: A cross-institutional analysis of CPU data
&
Caveat: The coverage ranges for cost and use
data didn’t always overlap completely.
Caveat: The coverage ranges for cost and use
data didn’t always overlap completely.
Caveat: Institution-by-
institution access
sometimes differed for resources.
Caveat: The coverage ranges for cost and use
data didn’t always overlap completely.
Caveat: Institution-by-
institution access
sometimes differed for resources.
Caveat: Not all sources of use
data were COUNTER compliant.
Caveat: The coverage range for cost and use
data didn’t always overlap completely.
Caveat: Institution-by-
institution access
sometimes differed for resources.
Caveat: Not all sources of use
data were COUNTER compliant.
We can’t really use this study’s results to make sweeping
conclusions.
Publisher Journal Packages UNC Charlotte ECU UNC Wilmington UNC Greensboro
Resource Average
Cost Per FT Article
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Cost Per FT Article
Download
Cost Per FT Article
Download
Cost Per FT Article
DownloadAmerican Chemical Society Web Editions $5.32 $4.72 $4.84 $6.41
Annual Reviews $4.21 $4.22 $3.14 $5.27
Blackwell Synergy $11.51 $11.46 $7.59 $20.12 $6.88Cambridge University Press $7.28 $8.59 $8.27 $5.86 $6.40E-Duke Scholarly Collection $5.35 $4.73 $6.94 $4.39
Elsevier ScienceDirect $5.69 $3.89 $4.22 $8.56 $6.08
Oxford University Press $5.24 $4.13 $3.77 $6.56 $6.49
Sage $6.15 $4.42 $4.79 $10.25 $5.15
Springer $10.49 $9.06 $6.64 $15.17 $11.08
Wiley $14.43 $14.17 $12.72 $23.64 $7.20
Full-Text AggregatorsUNC Charlotte ECU
UNC Wilmington
UNC Greensboro
Resource Average
Cost Per FT Article
Download
Cost Per FT Article
Download
Cost Per FT Article
Download
Cost Per FT Article
Download
ATLA Religion $4.34 $1.25 $1.62 $8.90 $5.61
Communication & Mass Media Complete $0.52 $0.03 $0.63 $0.89 $0.53
EconLit $3.84 $3.49 $4.18
Literature Resource Center $3.68 $2.91 $7.15 $0.99
PsycArticles $0.61 $0.27 $1.06 $0.54 $0.58
SPORTdiscus $0.55 $0.35 $0.35 $0.96
Journal Site LicensesUNC Charlotte ECU
UNC Wilmington
UNC Greensboro
Resource Average
Cost Per FT Article
Download
Cost Per FT Article
Download
Cost Per FT Article
Download
Cost Per FT Article
Download
Nature $3.71 $3.08 $3.01 $5.35 $3.41
Nature Biotechnology $24.70 $18.00 $16.75 $39.36
Nature Cell Biology $42.92 $55.59 $13.10 $60.07
Nature Genetics $20.62 $14.82 $12.04 $35.01
Nature Medicine $20.61 $26.71 $7.13 $27.98
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology $68.76 $28.07 $109.45
Indexing & Abstracting DatabasesUNC Charlotte ECU
UNC Wilmington
UNC Greensboro
Resource AverageCost Per Search
Cost Per Search
Cost Per Search
Cost Per Search
America, History and Life $0.41 $0.12 $0.66 $0.20 $0.64Film and Television Literature Index $0.05 $0.04 $0.07 $0.05
Historical Abstracts $0.49 $0.13 $0.77 $0.23 $0.82
Journal Citation Reports Web $7.99 $5.25 $10.73
Mathscinet $0.73 $0.11 $0.25 $1.72 $0.85
MLA International Bibliography $0.15 $0.17 $0.21 $0.12 $0.09
Philosopher's Index $1.04 $0.69 $0.16 $2.26 RILM Abstracts of Music Literature $0.11 $0.08 $0.10 $0.16
Ulrichs Periodicals Directory $2.02 $4.32 $0.86 $0.89
Web of Science $1.80 $0.92 $2.24 $1.18 $2.87
Three Questions
Three Questions
What does a cross-institutional CPU analysis actually tell us?
Three Questions
What does a cross-institutional CPU analysis actually tell us?
How can we use what it tells us?
Three Questions
What does a cross-institutional CPU analysis actually tell us?
How can we use what it tells us?
Where do we go from here?
Questions/Comments
Patrick L. CarrHead of Electronic & Continuing Resource Acquisitions
Joyner LibraryEast Carolina University
Greenville, North Carolina 27858email: carrp@ecu.eduphone: 252-328-2266