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Informationen zum Autor David Fowler Zusammenfassung This book explores the proper evaluation of electronic resource usage statistics, with experts examining data gathering and processing, cost-benefit analysis of e-journals, data interpretation, and comparison of different collection methods to help libraries effectively assess their electronic resources. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contributors Introduction (David C. Fowler) Chapter 1. Practical Considerations in the Standardization and Dissemination of Usage Statistics (Alea Henle and Donnice Cochenour) Chapter 2. Are We Really Balancing the Ledger with E-Journals? (Randle Gedeon) Chapter 3. Shared Purchase-Shared Responsibility: A Stewardship Tool for Consistent E-Usage Evaluation (Susanne K. Clement) Chapter 4. MaxData: A Project to Help Librarians Maximize E-Journal Usage Data (Carol Tenopir, Gayle Baker, Eleanor J. Read, Maribeth Manoff, Kitty McClanahan, David Nicholas, and Donald W. King) Chapter 5. E-Resource Management in Connecticut Academic Libraries: 2005 CCALD Survey Results (Carol Abatelli) Chapter 6. Deriving Usage Statistics from Local Library Management Software (Arun Kumar and Martin P. Brändle) Chapter 7. Serials Solutions and the Art of Statistics Gathering (David C. Fowler) Chapter 8. Application of Electronic Serial Usage Statistics in a National Laboratory (Christine F. Noonan and Melissa K. McBurney) Chapter 9. Usage Statistics of Electronic Government Resources (Susan L. Kendall and Celia Bakke) Chapter 10. The Implications of Usage Statistics As an Economic Factor in Scholarly Communications (Heather Morrison) Chapter 11. E-Journal Usage Statistics in Action: A Case Study from Cancer Research UK (Angela Boots, Julia Chester, Emma Shaw, and Chris Wilson) Chapter 12. Lies, Damn Lies, and Usage Statistics: What’s a Librarian to Do? (Rickey Best) Chapter 13. Statistics Drive Marketing Efforts (Eleonora Dubicki) Chapter 14. Uses of Necessity, or Uses of Convenience? What Usage Statistics Reveal and Conceal About Electronic Serials (Norm Medeiros) Chapter 15. The Next Steps in Developing Usage Statistics for E-Serials (Elise Anderson) Chapter 16. Usage Statistics in Context: ...
