The Journal Usage Statistics Portal (JUSP): measuring use and impact

摘要

Increasing pressure on library budgets results in an increasing need to assess the value of journal subscriptions. The use of COUNTER (Counting Online Usage of Networked Electronic Resources) (www.projectcounter.org/) compliant data is essential in making a compelling case about the value of subscriptions and forms the basis of the Journal Usage Statistics Portal (JUSP) (http://jusp.mimas.ac.uk/). JUSP is a service built in response to demand from UK higher education libraries to enable them to manage use of their e-journal collections, and to support publishers in providing access to statistics for their customers. Essentially JUSP provides a central point where higher education libraries can access usage statistics reports from multiple publishers. It provides academic libraries with the data they need to help analyse journal usage and to assist evaluation and decision-making. Once the portal is more fully populated it will provide a good overview of journal usage across institutions within the UK.