Demonstrating value:
Using JUSP to analyse, compare and
inform
Angela Conyers, Evidence Base
21 May 2014
JUSP
What does JUSP do?
• Supports libraries by
providing a single point of
access to e-journal usage
data
• Assists management of ejournals collections to
inform evaluation and
decision-making processes
• Enables usage comparisons
and trend analysis
JUSP Consortium
Some figures
Libraries
169
Publishers & intermediaries
61
Journal titles
21,106
Individual statistics in JUSP
213 million
Portal accesses to end April 2014
39,225
Reports run to end April 2014
76,352
If JUSP were no longer available….
“With a diverse and constantly changing e-resource portfolio, we really need
some central system that will collate usage data and allow us to analyse it
easily. We shouldn't be juggling 50-plus spread sheets to achieve this - which
we would be doing without JUSP.”
“I would not have time to do as much detailed analysis of our subscriptions,
and this analysis is valuable at a time when our budget is tight and we are
having to review our subscriptions carefully.”
“It would take longer to harvest stats, which would impact on other
development projects and potentially adversely affect collection management
decisions.”
(From JUSP community survey, 2013)
COUNTER reports
JR1 (all) – number of successful full-text article
requests per month and journal
JR1a –number of successful full-text article
requests from an archive by month and journal
JR1 GOA –number of successful Gold Open
Access full-text article requests by month and
journal (COUNTER release 4)
JR1 (all)
JR1 GOA report
JR1 reports excluding backfile usage
and GOA
SCONUL return: total usage for an
academic year (1 Aug-31 July)
Annual summary of publisher use –
calendar year
Total downloads
Year-on-year comparison: example taken from University of
Aberwystwyth
Cost per download
Year-on-year comparison: example taken from University of
Aberwystwyth
Trends over time –tables and graphs
Core titles in a deal
Historic spend model:
• Retain existing core or subscribed titles at normal
price: these titles will be unique to the institution
• Add unsubscribed titles to make up the deal or
collection at a negotiated price for the whole
package
• Limited cancellations or substitutions of core or
subscribed titles may be allowed
Adding details of your core titles to JUSP
• 64 JUSP libraries are now marking up their
core titles in JUSP
• The largest number of titles marked up for any
one year is 4073
• Work only has to be done once, JUSP can
transfer core title lists to the following year
• Feedback has been very positive
Feedback
“I attended a workshop recently which gave me further insight
into using JUSP, I came straight back here and entered my core
titles as a result of the workshop, and I intend to use JUSP more
frequently now.”
“Since the adding of the core subscriptions I will be able to do
more reporting”
“The ability to add local holdings is also very good, and I only
wish I'd had all these publishers available last year when
evaluating a deal!”
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Displaying core titles
Titles with the highest use
The approach at the OU
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Remove monthly columns and others not required
Add in cost data
Calculate cost per use
Sort titles by number of requests
Highlight titles
– High use non-subscribed PINK
– Low use subscribed ([core] in front of title) GREEN
Number of titles and requests in
various usage ranges
E-journal Usage
Use per Title per package:
• Number of titles per package with High usage
(>= 100 downloads)
• Number of titles per package with Medium usage
(11-99 downloads)
• Number of titles per package with Low usage
(< 11 downloads)
• Number of titles with Zero usage
Usage ranges –trends over time: an
example from Cranfield
View usage of titles and deals
Titles included in deals across multiple years
Compare two deals from one publisher
Supporting the JUSP community
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JUSP Community Advisory Group (CAG)
Workshops & exercises
Webinars
Use cases
Support materials:
– guides to individual reports & features
– ‘getting started’ guides for new users
– FAQ
• Community area
Future/ongoing developments
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Extending range of publishers in JUSP
Support for institutions (workshops, webinars)
Ebooks pilot
Counter 4 (accommodating R4, JR5)
Interoperability (EBSCO, KB+, SUNCAT?)
Usage profiling
Website refresh
Ensuring JUSP aligns with user requirements
For more information
Find out more about JUSP:
www.jusp.mimas.ac.uk
Give us your questions or comments:
Helpdesk
jusp@mimas.ac.uk