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I noticed when I came to submit our SCONUL return that our own usage statistics were down, and was quite ashamed by this. Hearing that other are also experiencing a drop makes me less ashamed - but it is still disheartening. My only thought here was that I hadn't been so pro-active in encouraging the faculty to schedule an introduction to e-resources session with me of late. Perhaps resting too much on my laurels after seeing a very pleasing initial increase in usage last year. Which suggests that the process is a never ending one of constantly bombarding faculty (and students) to get them to use these valuable resources. Frank Trew College Librarian Rose Bruford College Frank Trew Librarian Rose Bruford College, London's International Drama School http://www.bruford.ac.uk/fb/prospectus/index.html Rose Bruford College Lamorbey Park Campus, Burnt Oak Lane, Sidcup, Kent. DA15 9DF. UK. t +44(0)20 8308 2600 f +44(0)20 8308 0542 ddi +44(0)20 8308 2685 Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail -----Original Message----- From: An informal open list set up by UKSG - Connecting the Information Community [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Taylor, Sarah Sent: 17 April 2012 12:47 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [lis-e-resources] Decreasing usage statistics Hi all, Apologies for this ramble. I'm currently looking in detail at usage of electronic resources and have discovered that across the board, usage is down comparing 2010 to 2011 for example. I'm doing this so I can demonstrate to folk high up in the university that our electronic resources are good value for money. Not all of our resources are down, but looking at the overall picture, it's really quite bleak. Some are massively down. I was hoping that the results of my little exercise would show that usage is rising, but this appears not to be the case! Therefore, the positive report I was planning on writing is looking at little unlikely... Has anyone else noticed a trend in usage statistics going down? If you have, have you managed to remain positive about the use of your electronic collections while still managing to demonstrate value for money? We don't have any sort of resource discovery product here, if that makes a difference (and I suspect it might). All insights greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance. Best wishes, Sarah Sarah Taylor Electronic Resources Librarian The Peter Marsh Library University of Bolton Deane Road Bolton BL3 5AB 01204 903099 [log in to unmask] Please note that my normal working days are Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays lis-e-resources is a UKSG list - http://www.uksg.org/serials UKSG groups also available on Facebook and LinkedIn lis-e-resources is a UKSG list - http://www.uksg.org/serials UKSG groups also available on Facebook and LinkedIn