I forgot to mention in my last message to the list that there has been a
decline in usage statistics for e-resources within the NHS in England as
well as in higher education. Technical problems with the search
interface and the link resolver may underlie some of this, but the trend
has been been noticeable.
Regards
Catherine
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: An informal open list set up by UKSG - Connecting the
Information Community [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Sheila Thomas
> Sent: 20 April 2012 09:31
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [lis-e-resources] Decreasing usage statistics: thanks
>
> Catherine,
>
> We get a lot of document supply requests to our library that result
from people searching the bibliographic database and reading the
> abstracts, so engineers at least are still doing things that way.
>
> --
> Sheila Thomas BA MCLIP MWeldI
> Weldasearch Manager
> TWI Ltd, Granta Park, CB21 6AL, UK
> www.weldasearch.com
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: An informal open list set up by UKSG - Connecting the
Information
> > Community [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> > Catherine Ebenezer
> > Sent: 19 April 2012 14:04
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: [lis-e-resources] Decreasing usage statistics: thanks
> >
> > >Speaking as someone whose whole professional life of over 30 years
has
> > been with abstracting and indexing services, I find this very
>pleasing!
> >
> > It is good that people are accessing these resources, but are they
'satisficing'
> > by reading abstracts rather than full text of material that is
relevant to them?
> > We are observing a not dissimilar abstracts-only phenomenon here in
my
> > trust, where the psychopharmacology current awareness bulletin
produced
> > by the drug information pharmacist (which does not incorporate links
to full
> > text) hardly ever generates document supply requests to the library
service.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Catherine
> >
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> > Catherine Ebenezer
> > Library and Information Services Manager Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys
NHS
> > Foundation Trust Cleveland Way, Roseberry Park Hospital Marton Road
> > Middlesbrough
> > TS4 3AF
> >
> > Library codes: TNEY / TNE:MID
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> > > -----Original Message-----
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> > > On Behalf Of Sheila Thomas
> > > Sent: 19 April 2012 13:58
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> > > Subject: Re: [lis-e-resources] Decreasing usage statistics: thanks
> > >
> > > Sarah Taylor wrote:
> > >
> > > > One thing I have noticed looking at our own statistics is that
it
> > seems to be
> > > > the abstracting and indexing databases that have seen an
increase,
> > rather
> > > > than full-text databases. I find this really quite interesting,
> > given that where
> > > > we do come in for criticism in surveys, the comments always seem
to
> > say that
> > > > we do not have access to enough electronic journals! I have been
> > wondering
> > > > if it might be the case that indexing databases seem sometimes
to be
> > 'easier'
> > > > to get into, but that's purely my own suspicion.
> > >
> > > Speaking as someone whose whole professional life of over 30 years
has
> > been with abstracting and indexing services, I find this very
> > > pleasing!
> > >
> > > --
> > > Sheila Thomas BA MCLIP MWeldI
> > > Weldasearch Manager
> > > TWI Ltd, Granta Park, CB21 6AL, UK
> > > www.weldasearch.com
> > >
> > >
> > >
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