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E-Journal Usage Analysis in an Academic Library:A Case Study of a Publisher at a Technology Institute


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This paper analyses the full text download statistics provided by one of the major publishers of Scientific and Technical (S&T) journals to a technology institute in India. Comparison of usage data for last five years (2007-2011) has been made. It identifies the top 10 most heavily used journals in all five years. Study reveals that the number of top titles which are responsible for 25% download is less than one percent in all the years. Numbers of titles which are responsible for next 25% download are in the range of 2-3%, for next 25% download 5-6% are in the range of 40-50% of the total number of journals. About 50% of the titles were never used. The percentage of titles shown above remained constant almost every year with very minor variations.

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Download Pattern, E-Journals, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Technology Libraries, Usage Statistics.
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Yogendra Singh
Mahatma Gandhi Central Library, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
India

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Yogendra Singh
Mahatma Gandhi Central Library, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India

Abstract


This paper analyses the full text download statistics provided by one of the major publishers of Scientific and Technical (S&T) journals to a technology institute in India. Comparison of usage data for last five years (2007-2011) has been made. It identifies the top 10 most heavily used journals in all five years. Study reveals that the number of top titles which are responsible for 25% download is less than one percent in all the years. Numbers of titles which are responsible for next 25% download are in the range of 2-3%, for next 25% download 5-6% are in the range of 40-50% of the total number of journals. About 50% of the titles were never used. The percentage of titles shown above remained constant almost every year with very minor variations.

Keywords


Download Pattern, E-Journals, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Technology Libraries, Usage Statistics.

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