[Web4lib] [lita-l] Journal Usage Statistical collection software - suggestions?

[Dobbs, Aaron]

Brandon,
We went with a vendor-hosted solution, SerialsSolutions 360 Counter.
We use SerialsSolutions for our A-Z list, cross-database linking, and ERMS - so 360 Counter made the most sense for us.
SUSHI is coming along, but I haven't been watching to see how many publishers/database vendors are providing SUSHI feeds lately and cannot address this. We do still load delimited COUNTER compliant data (and massage non-compliant data into COUNTER compliant format for loading) into 360 Counter.
Hope this helps...
-Aaron
:-)'

Aaron Dobbs
Systems & Electronic Resources Librarian
Ezra Lehman Memorial Library
Shippensburg Univeristy of Pennsylvania

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brandon Dudley [mailto:brandon at discontent.com]
> Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 11:20 AM
> To: lita-l at ala.org; CODE4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU; web4lib at webjunction.org
> Subject: [lita-l] Journal Usage Statistical collection software -
> suggestions?
> 
> Apologies for cross-posting. My institution is currently evaluating
> methods of collecting COUNTER stats in a comprehensive way. We
> currently
> use Excel spreadsheets to calculate cost-per-use and gather all the
> stats together, but I am hoping that there's a better way. In today's
> climate, justifying our spending decisions grows ever more important.
> 
> I am aware of JURO and JURO4c, and of the Swets Scholarly Stats
> commercial packages - are there any other options worth consideration?
> Anybody devised their own slick homegrown method of collecting such
> stats?
> 
> Many thanks,
> Brandon Dudley
> 
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