Library Publications
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2015
Abstract
Cost-per-use for electronic journals has become a common standard for judging the value of individual titles, but the reports needed to make such judgments can be complex and time consuming to create. Different options exist for collecting, collating, and reporting the necessary data. In 2013, time spent by staff at the University of Mississippi library on all of the processes to create a cost-per-use report for the library’s subscription lists was recorded and a value in staff salaries was calculated. That cost was compared to the price for outsourcing the processes to various vendors. Additionally, other libraries were asked, via survey, about their experiences with the process and with using vendors. The responses to that survey were reported and compared to the experiences at the University of Mississippi.
Relational Format
journal article
Recommended Citation
Christina Torbert (2015) Cost-per-Use versus Hours-per-Report: Usage Reporting and the Value of Staff Time, The Serials Librarian, 68:1-4, 163-167 https://doi.org/10.1080/0361526X.2015.1017705
Presentation slides
Torbert Usage collection 2014 survey results all.xlsx (27 kB)
Survey results
Comments
Additional files include: slides from NASIG 2014 presentation on this topic, survey data referenced in this article