Usage data for electronic resources: A comparison between locally collected and vendor-provided statistics

Authors

J. Duy, Duy, J.; Concordia University Libraries, Webster Library, 1400 de Maisonneuve West, Montreal, Que. H3G 1M8, Canada; email: jduy@alcor.concordia.ca
L. Vaughan

Document Type

Book Review

Publication Date

1-1-2003

Volume

29

Journal

Journal of Academic Librarianship

First Page

16

URL with Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1016/S0099-1333(02)00400-7

Last Page

22

Abstract

Vendor-provided electronic resource usage statistics are not currently standardized across vendors. This study investigated the feasibility of using locally collected data to check the reliability of vendor-provided data. Vendor-provided data were compared with local data collected from the NCSU Libraries' Web servers. The study finds that the two types of use patterns, but that actual usage values differ for many products.