Indexes as Tools for Measuring Usage of Print and Electronic Resources  

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Bauer, Katheleen

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: College & Research Libraries vol. 62 no. 1 (Jan. 2001), page 36.
Topik: digital information; information resources
Fulltext: CC23_62-01_Kathleen Bauer.pdf (476.14KB)

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Libraries are experiencing rapid change as they add electronic resources. These resources are popular with patrons, but their usage is not cap­ tured in traditional library statistics. Libraries must find a way to repre­ sent the diverse data available for electronic resources in some mean­ ingful way that allows for comparison with statistics for print resources. To do this, the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library has created two in­ dexes, the Electronic and Print Usage Indexes. An index is a simple tool that combines data on items from a group into one number and so rep­ resents overall change in the group. The indexes at Cushing/Whitney show that in 1998–1999, patron usage of electronic resources more than doubled, whereas print use declined.

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