RE: Online journal statistics

[mercerl@msnotes.wustl.edu]

We have also been very disappointed with the reports from Elsevier. They
tell us the top twenty (which obviously varies from month to month), but
will not give us the rest of the data! Statistics for titles for which we
have a low print use are the most critical. If these titles are receiving
high use on ScienceDirect, that would give us valuable information when
assessing usage patterns. They obviously have the report generator in place
to do this and after conversations with various Elsevier staff, I am still
unclear as to why they will not supply it.

Linda Mercer
Digital Communications
Bernard Becker Library
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO
mercerl@msnotes.wustl.edu

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"Richardson, Donald" <drichard@WPI.EDU> on 11/01/99 06:31:43 PM

To:   "'liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu'" <liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu>
cc:    (bcc: Linda Mercer/Medlib/Washington University)
Subject:  RE: Online journal statistics

I've been disappointed in the monthly reports that we've been getting from
Elsevier for Science Direct.  I've asked Elsevier if we could get some
more detailed information, and I suggested that they take a look at JSTOR
(http://stats.jstor.org/) as an example of a provider that offers useful,
easily accessible, data on online journal use.


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Don Richardson
Reference/Systems Librarian
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
drichard@wpi.edu
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