Not Always Discovered: Phase Two of a Study of the Effect of Discovery Systems on Online Journal Usage

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Not Always Discovered: Phase Two of a Study of the Effect of Discovery Systems on Online Journal Usage

Tuesday, March 18, 2014 at 4:50 PM–5:35 PM CDT

Room 301

Conference Track

1. Managing e-Resources & Licensing

Keywords

discovery,

Learning Objectives

The effect of discovery systems on electronic resource usag.

Abstract

This first large-scale study of the effect of discovery systems examines the impact of their implementation on electronic resource usage at a range of academic libraries. A statistically rigorous comparison of pre- and post-implementation COUNTER data shows whether these systems alter usage of online publisher-hosted journals.

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