Washington State University Libraries Add Value to E-Resources with the Innovative ERM and ScholarlyStats

["Bacon, Rupert" <R.Bacon@macmillan.com>]

Washington State University Libraries Add Value to E-Resources with the
Innovative ERM and ScholarlyStats

2nd November: Emeryville, CA and London, UK

Innovative Interfaces and MPS Technologies today announced that 
the Washington State University Libraries have achieved real-time 
acquisition of user statistics from within the Innovative 
Electronic Resource Management product. Using the Standardized 
Usage Statistics Harvesting Initiative (SUSHI) model, staff have 
accessed data provided by ScholarlyStats, eliminating the need to 
retrieve them on a resource-by-resource basis.

Cooperation between MPS Technologies, the company that provides 
ScholarlyStats, and Innovative means that the data transfer 
happens as scheduled and without staff intervention. Access to 
ScholarlyStats data quickly provides usage information on 
thousands of e-resource titles to which the Libraries subscribe. 
Currently, ScholarlyStats collects from 39 e-resource platforms 
covering over 450 databases, over 70,000 journals, and over 
13,500 publishers. Armed with the data, ERM allows libraries to 
easily see how these resources are used at a granular level, 
including cost-per-use of specific titles within an e-resource 
package.

"Because we have a few hundred e-resource vendors, it's crucial 
for us to obtain user statistics without the enormous effort of 
accessing them from each vendor and then trying to calculate 
cost-per-use," says Janet Chisman, Head, Serials and Electronic 
Resources. "Downloading statistics is now as easy as going to the 
resource record in the Innovative ERM, selecting the usage 
statistics tab, and clicking "Export". In our first attempt, we 
downloaded statistics for over 1300 titles at once and we can now 
get statistics from ScholarlyStats every month. The Innovative 
ERM automatically calculates cost-per-use in the spreadsheet 
reports it generates which helps us when we need to evaluate 
contracts with e-resource vendors. The SUSHI-formatted data from 
ScholarlyStats and the compliance of the Innovative ERM with the 
standard is also crucial because there's no programming necessary 
to translate the information at any point."

Says Martha Sedgwick, ScholarlyStats Product Manager: "We are 
thrilled to be working with such an established ERM provider as 
Innovative Interfaces and to be actively employing the recently 
published SUSHI initiative to enhance access and analysis of 
usage statistics within libraries."

"We are pleased to be the first ERM solutions provider to make a 
live SUSHI client available to libraries. Libraries using the 
Innovative ERM can harvest usage statistics without wasting 
library staff time," says Innovative's Senior Product Manager Ted 
Fons. "The cooperation with ScholarlyStats and integration with 
acquisitions data will allow Innovative libraries to quickly and 
easily see where they are getting the most value for their 
electronic resource expenditures."

Notes to the editor

About Washington State University Libraries

The Washington State University Libraries have holdings of 
approximately 67,000 e-resource titles. There are six libraries 
on the Pullman campus, including agriculture, architecture, 
education, health sciences, humanities and social sciences, and 
science and engineering.  In addition Washington State has 
regional campus libraries in the Richland-Pasco-Kennewick area, 
Spokane and Vancouver and supports access to electronic resources 
in extension offices throughout the state.

About ScholarlyStats and MPS Technologies

ScholarlyStats provides libraries across the globe with 
consolidated vendor usage statistics.  ScholarlyStats collects, 
standardizes and consolidates journal and database usage reports, 
providing libraries with a single point of access to their 
valuable usage data. www.scholarlystats.com

MPS Technologies provides a range of technology-driven services 
specifically designed to support libraries and publishers. These 
services include web analytics, fulfillment services and content 
delivery.  MPS Technologies is part of the Macmillan group of 
companies and has offices in London, Boston, New York, 
Basingstoke, Hamburg and Delhi. www.mpstechnologies.com

About Innovative Interfaces

For over 25 years, Innovative Interfaces has dedicated its 
energies to meeting the needs of libraries, and the challenges of 
library automation. Core to this mission are trusted products 
including the Millennium integrated library technology platform, 
INN-Reach next-generation resource sharing, the Symposia digital 
repository, and Electronic Resource Management. Today, thousands 
of libraries of all types in over 40 countries rely on 
Innovative's products, services, and support. The company is 
located in Emeryville, California with offices around the world.

Media Contacts

MPS Technologies
Rupert Bacon
r.bacon@mpstechnologies.com

Innovative Interfaces
Gene Shimshock, Vice President of Marketing
genes@iii.com

Rupert Bacon
Marketing Manager
MPS Technologies
Email: r.bacon@macmillan.com