Usage Statistics Management 

The collection and meaningful analysis of accurate usage statistics has become increasingly important as library budgets continue to shrink.

EBSCO offers multiple solutions to help you easily and quickly determine your most-used e-resources, empowering your library to properly allocate budget dollars and provide end users with access to the content they need most.

With ScholarlyStats, your library receives a suite of monthly usage reports that measures not only the activity of library resources but also research trends.

• efficient, accurate means of evaluating usage statistics across multiple metrics
• access to four consolidated reports and nine dashboard-style reports
• measure the total number of journals accessed, total use by platform, most and least used journals, etc.
• collect usage data for EBSCOhost^® Research Databases.

EBSCO A-to-Z^®

Usage reports available in EBSCO A-to-Z reveal how your end users are utilising your collection, including the content for which they are searching and where they are finding it. EBSCO A-to-Z’s Overlap Analysis Report offers further usage insight, providing your library with a complete picture of the duplicate journals and duplicate coverage in your collection; you can also preview the changes to overlaps in your collection if you add or remove specific packages.

EBSCOhost^® Electronic Journals Service

SUSHI

The Standardised Usage Statistics Harvesting Initiative (SUSHI) outlines a method for simplifying the collection, management and delivery of journal usage statistics.

As a key partner in the development of SUSHI, EBSCO recognises this need and offers SUSHI-compliant, automated usage data for journals managed through EBSCOhost^® Electronic Journals Service.

• completely automate request and delivery of COUNTER-compliant usage reports
• automatically retrieve usage reports on a monthly schedule for all the COUNTER-compliant vendors with which your library does business.

Have budget cuts left you with the task of deciding which e-journals to cut from your collection? Do you fear canceling a subscription that is valuable to your patrons and wish you had some hard statistics to guide your decisions? With EJS, you can access general usage information such as number of sessions, total searches and total content activity. You can also run custom usage reports for your content to discover specific usage patterns of your end users. Detailed EJS usage data empowers you with the information you need to make wise budgeting decisions and provide your end users with the most valuable collection of e-journals.

SMART™ (Statistical Measures Available Real Time) from WebFeat Express

With WebFeat Express’s usage statistics and analysis tool SMART^™ (Statistical Measures Available Real Time), libraries have the ability to track key usage metrics, including the number of searches, full-text requests and most requested search terms. SMART is available as an add-on to the WebFeat Express federated search engine for assistance in analysing those databases receiving more use and the frequency at which patrons are requesting full text.