Measuring the qualitative evidence to demonstrate the Value of Usage Data Report for Consortia based E-Subscriptions: the basis for Stakeholders

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“In consortia business, the value proposition of consortia often focuses on the benefits of their stakeholder (including Library, Librarian, Publisher, Vendors and Intermediaries) that they received in return on their investment for e-subscriptions. This article takes a close look at usage statistics and assesses its role in effective measurement of various concerns of consortium. The paper also discusses about usage data reports to formulate uniform metrics for monitoring the continuous improvement in utilizing of various subscribed e-resources to give justice to investment portfolios, benchmark the standard of e-resources, cost effective utilization of e-resources and track user behavior and preferences for e-resources use.”

URL : http://eprints.rclis.org/24607/