TImberline 2013 Presentation

1. All That Counts: Evaluation of an
Aggregator Package from Three
Librarians
James Bunnelle, Lewis & Clark College
Jill Emery, Portland State University
Emily McElroy, Oregon Health & Science
University

2. Content Withdrawal Timeline
• January 2003 Sage titles
• 2003-2012 expansion &
increase of embargoed
content
• January 2012 Taylor &
Francis titles
• January 2013 NEJM

3. Open Access
• Of the removed titles,
0% are available free
online from DOAJ
• Of the added titles, 38%
are available free online
from DOAJ

4. Impact: Journal Citation Reports
• In 2011 Journal Citation Reports, number of
titles that appear in rankings
– Removed titles: 146 (37% of the removed titles)
– Added titles: 12 (2% of the removed titles)

5. PSU Usage
• Removed titles: out of 395 titles, 53 had zero
uses from 2011-2012
• Added titles: out of 596 titles, 463 had zero
uses from 2012-April 2013

6. PSU Usage
Average Use
2011-2012
Average Use
2012-Jan/Apr 2013
Titles removed from
EBSCOhost in 2012
13 n/a
Titles added to EBSCOhost
in 2012
n/a 1.1

7. PSU Top Titles Used from
Content Lost
Title ISSN Publisher Downloads
Community College Journal
of Research & Practice
1066-8926 Routledge
155
City 1360-4813 Routledge 124
Exceptionality 0936-2835 Taylor & Francis Ltd
117
European Legacy 1084-8770 Routledge
107
Tourism Geographies 1461-6688 Routledge 86
Current Psychiatry Reviews 1573-4005 Bentham Science Publishers
Ltd. 82
Interventions: The
International Journal of
Postcolonial Studies
1369-801X Routledge
79
Early Child Development &
Care
0300-4430 Routledge
75
International Journal of
Sustainable Development &
World Ecology
1350-4509 Taylor & Francis Ltd
75
LIT: Literature
Interpretation Theory
1043-6928 Routledge 75

8. PSU Top Titles Used
Content Added
Title ISSN Publisher Downloads
Education & Treatment of
Children (West Virginia
University Press)
0748-8491 West Virginia University
Press
138
Indian Streams Research
Journal
2230-7850 Indian Streams Research
38
Energies (19961073) 1996-1073 MDPI Publishing
30
Journal of Vegetation
Science
1100-9233 Wiley-Blackwell
26
Paediatrics & Child Health
(1205-7088)
1205-7088 Pulsus Group Inc.
26
World Academy of Science,
Engineering & Technology
2010-376X World Academy of Science,
Engineering & Technology 26
Golden Research Thoughts 2231-5063 Indian Streams Research
25
Children's Technology &
Engineering
International Technology &
Engineering Educators
Association 23
International Coaching
Psychology Review
1750-2764 British Psychological Society
22
International Journal of
Academic Research in
Business & Social Sciences
2222-6990 Human Resource
Management Academic
Research Society (HRMARS) 19

9. PSU Author Data
2011 2012
Titles added to EBSCOhost
in 2012
0 0
Titles removed from
EBSCOhost in 2012
7 3

10. Implications for PSU
• Picked up the Taylor &
Francis package as a
multi-year deal & use is
5 times that from
EBSCOhost
• Re-evaluation of need
for aggregator full text
collections
• Re-evaluation of need
of aggregator full text
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11. OHSU Usage
Average Use
2010-2012
Average Use
2012-Jan/Apr 2013
Titles removed from
EBSCOhost in 2012
8.41 n/a
Titles added to EBSCOhost
in 2012
n/a 0

12. OHSU Usage
• Removed titles: out of 395 titles, 230 had zero
uses from 2010-2012
• Added titles: out of 596 titles, 581 had zero
uses from 2012-April 2013

13. OHSU ILL Data
2010 2011 2012
Removed titles
from EBSCOhost
0 0 68 (consists of 2% of
our ILL requests in
2012)
Added titles to
EBSCOhost
0 0 0

14. OHSU Author Data
2011 2012
Removed titles from
EBSCOhost
2 9
Added titles in EBSCOhost 0 5 (2 from one title)

15. What’s Next for OHSU?
• New subscriptions
• Do we need to upgrade databases for more
full-text?

16. What’s Next for OHSU?
• Removed titles: 5 of the titles were also
available from the publishers. Average use
from publisher’s site from 2010-2012 was 32
compared to 0 from EBSCOhost
• Of all of our journal subscriptions, 350 were
also available from EBSCOhost. Average use
from publisher’s site in 2012 was 1,083
compared to 104 from EBSCOhost

17. Lewis & Clark College
The Context:
Journal Cancelation
Projects at Watzek Library
• 2012 (30,000 cut)
• 2013 (10,000 cut)
Cuts across all subject areas.
Faculty heavily involved.
Full-Text Inclusion in EBSCOhost part
of decision-making process.

18. Lewis & Clark Usage
• Removed titles: out of 395 titles, 221 had zero
uses from 2011-2012
• Added titles: out of 596 titles, 576 had zero
uses from 2012-April 2013

19. Lewis & Clark Usage
CONTENT 2011
Usage
% of 2011
Usage
2012
Usage
% of 2012
Usage
2013
Usage Jan-
April
% of 2013
Usage Jan-
April
Removed
Titles
1015 1.65 881 1.25 n/a n/a
Added
Titles
n/a n/a 114 .18 71 .27

20. Lewis & Clark Usage
Average Use
2011-2012
Average Use
2012-Jan/Apr 2013
Titles removed from
EBSCOhost in 2012
11.8 n/a
Titles added to EBSCOhost
in 2012
n/a .2

21. Lewis & Clark ILL Data
2011 2012
Removed titles from
EBSCOhost
0 76 (consists of 2.2% of
our ILL requests in 2012)
Added titles to
EBSCOhost
0 0

22. Implications at L&C
• Erosion of faculty confidence in ASC as a
consistent platform for full-text scholarly
content.
• Budgetary difficulties of acquiring removed
content via other platforms.
• Damaged trust between subject selectors and
faculty for future collection management
projects in serials.

23. Questions?