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Discovery system impact on usage of aggregator-hosted journal content: Do usage patterns suggest favoritism?
Conference Track
1. Managing e-Resources & Licensing
Keywords
"Discovery Systems" Usage
Learning Objectives
understand patterns of usage before and after implementation of a discovery service, use the data from this study for comparison with local patterns
Abstract
This large-scale study of the four major discovery systems examines the impact of their implementation on journal usage at a range of libraries. This update extends the results to aggregator-hosted content and emphasizes their practical implications based on extensive discussion with libraries, publishers, and discovery vendors.
Presenters
![[photo]](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9801633662aeed4fbb3383eff9103f23.png?d=https://proposalspace.com/images/no_photo.png&r=PG&s=50 "Michael Levine-Clark, University of Denver")
Michael Levine-Clark, University of Denver
![[photo]](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3d2f22b94b0bc0f1a0ea9345e8c9f7cb.png?d=https://proposalspace.com/images/no_photo.png&r=PG&s=50 "John McDonald, University of Southern California")
John McDonald, University of Southern California
![[photo]](https://8ca84662c5b8f0cff50d-4baaaf97d63fd7b01243e1b1c57f0cc1.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/692/profile_e3347fa5d4b01cc6afdf9f914cfaa900.png "Jason Price, SCELC")