Call for papers - Electronic usage statistics

["David Fowler" <dfowler@iastate.edu>]

To the members of this listserv:

I am editing a book for Haworth Press entitled "USAGE STATISTICS OF
E-SERIALS".  This book is a volume in the series "Haworth Series on
Serials Librarianship and Continuing Resources". It will be a collection
of essays by various library and publishing professionals such as
yourself, concerning the current environment in libraries for the
acquisition, development and utilization of usage statistics for
e-serials. This will look at both the benefits and problems associated
with the current and future state of usage statistics.

I would like to invite interested people to write a paper for this
collection. If you have a relevant topic in mind, please feel free to
share your idea with me; Otherwise, I have prepared a list of several
topics that could be relevant to this book that you may want to consider;
please find this listing at the bottom of this message.

We are projecting to have all manuscripts completed by the end of April
2005, so that editing and publishing tasks can be accomplished.

I would be pleased and honored to have some of you contribute your
thoughts to this project. Please contact me about your interest at
dfowler@iastate.edu and also let me know if I can answer any questions for
you.

Sincerely,

Dave Fowler

OUTLINE

"USAGE STATISTICS OF E-SERIALS"

Edited by David C. Fowler

Topic Ideas:

How are e-serials usage statistics actually utilized?

Evaluating the costs of paid e-journals with statistics (acquisitions,
cataloging time, etc.)

Evaluating the actual costs of "Free" e-journals with statistics
(acquisitions, cataloging time, etc.)

Strategies when confronted with usage statistics problems by vendors.

How do libraries allot staff for e-serials statistics management (a
survey?)

Current and future trends in electronic journal statistics.

Consortial arrangements for e-serials: When to use

Problems and solutions in promoting e-serial usage to customers

Issues with standardization of usage statistics.

What are the different methods of evaluating the quality and usefulness
of e-serials statistics?

Interlibrary loan statistics and collection development.

What is the next step in developing usage statistics?

How do libraries disseminate usage statistics?

Licensing and usage statistics.

Deriving usage statistics from local library management software.

David C. Fowler
Assistant Professor
Electronic Resources Coordinator
Iowa State University
204 Parks Library
Ames, IA 50011
dfowler@iastate.edu
work (515) 294-0422
fax (515) 294-5525