Statistics for electronic resources

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dc.contributor.authorDean, Caroline Elizabeth
dc.contributor.authorde Jager, Karin
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-09T08:25:28Z
dc.date.available2016-06-09T08:25:28Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.date.updated2016-06-09T08:21:32Z
dc.description.abstractElectronic resources represent a large portion of many libraries' information resources. This paper sets out how and why international and South African librarians keep statistics for electronic resources, which statistics are kept, and what the issues and concerns are with regard to statistics for electronic resources. The responses were very similar. The concerns raised by both international and South African libraries were found to be about the continued lack of standardisation among publishers' reporting of statistics; the time-consuming nature of data collection; the reliability of usage data; the fact that data should be looked at in context; and the management of the data. A concern raised in South Africa but not in the international literature is that some librarians do not understand the basic concepts of electronic resources usage statistics.en_ZA
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.7553/75-1-1277
dc.identifier.apacitationDean, C. E., & de Jager, K. (2009). Statistics for electronic resources. <i>South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19945en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationDean, Caroline Elizabeth, and Karin de Jager "Statistics for electronic resources." <i>South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science</i> (2009) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19945en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationDean, C. E., & de Jager, K. (2009). Statistics for electronic resources. South African Journal of Libraries & Information Science, 75(1).en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2304-8263en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Dean, Caroline Elizabeth AU - de Jager, Karin AB - Electronic resources represent a large portion of many libraries' information resources. This paper sets out how and why international and South African librarians keep statistics for electronic resources, which statistics are kept, and what the issues and concerns are with regard to statistics for electronic resources. The responses were very similar. The concerns raised by both international and South African libraries were found to be about the continued lack of standardisation among publishers' reporting of statistics; the time-consuming nature of data collection; the reliability of usage data; the fact that data should be looked at in context; and the management of the data. A concern raised in South Africa but not in the international literature is that some librarians do not understand the basic concepts of electronic resources usage statistics. DA - 2009 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2009 SM - 2304-8263 T1 - Statistics for electronic resources TI - Statistics for electronic resources UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19945 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/19945
dc.identifier.urihttp://sajlis.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/1277/0
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationDean CE, de Jager K. Statistics for electronic resources. South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science. 2009; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19945.en_ZA
dc.languageengen_ZA
dc.publisherUniversity of Stellenboschen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentLibrary and Information Studies Centre (LISC)en_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_ZA
dc.sourceSouth African Journal of Libraries and Information Scienceen_ZA
dc.source.urihttp://sajlis.journals.ac.za/pub
dc.subject.otherElectronic resources
dc.subject.otherlibrary measurement statistics
dc.titleStatistics for electronic resourcesen_ZA
dc.typeJournal Articleen_ZA
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