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ER&L 2012 | April 2–4, 2012 | Austin, Texas and Online
Exploring ideas, trends and technologies in eresources and digital services.Go to www.electroniclibrarian.org to view and print a 3 page pdf of all sessions by thread with conference hashtags.
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Knockdown/Dragout - Web-scale Discovery Service vs. Niche Databases: Data-Driven Evaluation Methods
hashtag
#knockdown #erl12
Track
Collection Development and Assessment
Keywords
Analyzing coverage overlap; data-driven decision making
Learning Objectives
Following this session, participants will have a sampling of multiple data points beyond simple usage data to inform renewal/cancellation decisions for specialty subject databases, and participants will be able to formulate strategies to inform renewal/cancellation decisions for specialty subject databases.
Abstract
As web-scale discovery services are more widely adopted, many ask if we really need subscriptions to specialty-subject databases - particularly those with consistently low usage. Often there's much more to the story than simple usage data. This presentation will investigate a wealth of data sources that can provide critically informative information.