Measuring the Validity of Usage Reports Provided by E-Book Vendors: Emerging Research and Opportunities

ISBN13: 9781522532385|ISBN10: 1522532382|EISBN13: 9781522532392

DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-3238-5

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Chen-Gaffey, Aiping, and Heather Getsay. Measuring the Validity of Usage Reports Provided by E-Book Vendors: Emerging Research and Opportunities. IGI Global, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3238-5

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Chen-Gaffey, A. & Getsay, H. (2018). Measuring the Validity of Usage Reports Provided by E-Book Vendors: Emerging Research and Opportunities. IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3238-5

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Chen-Gaffey, Aiping, and Heather Getsay. Measuring the Validity of Usage Reports Provided by E-Book Vendors: Emerging Research and Opportunities. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3238-5

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Electronic publications are proving to be a popular resource for many consumers. It is imperative that the credibility of vendor-supplied usage data is analyzed in order to present the most accurate, non-biased information on these up-and-coming products.

Measuring the Validity of Usage Reports Provided by E-Book Vendors: Emerging Research and Opportunities is a pivotal scholarly source that examines the current practices and trends in usage reporting and offers recommendations for further refinement of this system. Featuring pertinent topics including COUNTER standardization, usage data, data consolidation, and report formatting, this publication is an ideal resource for academicians, students, and researchers that are interested in the latest evaluations in vendor-submitted usage reports.

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Advances in Library and Information Science (ALIS) Book Series

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Chapter 1

What Is COUNTER and Why Is It Important? (pages 1-9)

Electronic usage data serves an important purpose for librarians who need to assess user activities with electronic collections. Comparing usage reports by different vendors requires sorting out the various types of reports that are...

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Chapter 2

COUNTER: Standardization of E-Books Statistics (pages 10-19)

Until more recently, COUNTER reports were predominantly used by content providers and consumers of electronic journals and databases. One of the most significant developments with COUNTER Release 4 is that it integrated book reports...

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Case Study Part 1: Sorting Out the Data Mess (pages 20-29)

Chapter 3 introduces a case study, which involves a medium-sized academic library that has been acquiring e-books primarily through large subscription packages from three major vendors. All three vendors in this case study – ebrary...

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Chapter 4

Case Study Part 2: Apples, Oranges, and Pears (pages 30-54)

Apart from the overall success of COUNTER Release 4 in further enabling e-book vendors to provide standardized usage reports, some major “roadblocks” remain. The fact that publishers and vendors of e-books deliver their products...

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Case Study Part 3: More Apples, Oranges, and Pears – Interpreting Ebrary, EBSCO, and Safari Non-COUNTER Reports (pages 55-72)

In addition to their COUNTER reports, ebrary, EBSCO, and Safari provide their own custom reports. Vendors' non-COUNTER data, which are unique and more detailed, provide librarians with a potentially deeper perspective of overall...

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Chapter 6

COUNTER and Non-COUNTER: Consolidating Vendor-Provided Usage Reports (pages 73-96)

While ebrary, EBSCO, and Safari have implemented COUNTER reports to supply customers with standardized usage data, their “coexisting” non-COUNTER reports offer unique and in-depth information on user activities. Therefore, librarians...

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Chapter 7

Findings, Discussion, and Recommendations (pages 97-108)

Examining inherent challenges with interpreting usage from different vendors' reports leads to the authors' reflections on how to deal with the challenges of comparing “apples” with “oranges” in different types of usage...

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