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PRINT JOURNALS – CURRENT PRACTICES AND EFFECTIVENESS

SYSTEMS IN PLACE FOR COLLATING PRINT USAGE STATISTICS

Helen Monagle - Senior Assistant Librarian @HelenMonagle

MY LIBRARY

* Collection includes:

• over 1,500 print journal titles,
• over 22,000 electronic journal

titles

• over 1,400 journal subscriptions

* Physical space is a factor * Our print journals are reference

• nly, therefore, they do not

generate circulation statistics

WHY IS USAGE IMPORTANT?

*To respond to changing needs of

• ur users

*To ensure resources are value for money & relevant *To identify titles that are not used

WHAT ARE WE DOING?

* Providing subject librarians with print usage * Providing this data in a visually pleasing way * Improving visibility through posters (we are on our third iteration of these!)

SCAN

IN AN IDEAL WORLD

Users scan the print journal (on their smartphone (using an app)

• r at designated scanners in the

library) to indicate usage.

ELECTRONIC RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

This information would feed into an ERM system and enable us to run reports with all of our data.

TIME SAVED

Staff would not need to go up to check if any items have been left

• ut, record them and input them

into a system. Time saved could be used to produce infographics.

* What are you currently doing re print usage? * Are you doing anything different? * Is there anything we can do together? * What do you think of the solutions proposed? DISCUSSION TIME

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THANK YOU!

IF YOU WANT TO DISCUSS THIS FURTHER WITH ME PLEASE USE THE DETAILS BELOW

* Twitter @HelenMonagle * Email H.Monagle@mmu.ac.uk