Hi Satu,

A few years ago I was involved in using Raptor to identify usage at School level.  The evidence of usage was very helpful indeed, and used to inform discussion with Heads of School about why costs were being split across Schools/ Faculties.  We didn’t base costs themself on the usage as at the time, we felt this might be too volatile for budget forecasting purpose, and susceptible to “gaming” if Schools wanted to reduce their contribution by pointing away from resources.  Hence we went with FTEs (recognised within the institution as the basis for much planning).

 

This kind of granular resource usage data is invaluable though – to help with collection development, resourcing bids, subscription review, and engagement strategies where uptake is low in key areas.  I no longer have access to Raptor, but like you, am hoping that changes to our identity management processes will support this kind of reporting via Single Sign-On.

 

Best wishes,

Jason

 

 

Hello All,

 

We are hoping to get better data about resource usage by Faculty/Dept when our new identity management system is in place. This would allow us to pin point the level of use for ‘generic’ resources by Faculty/Dept. I know we’ve had plans in the past to look at who should contribute to subscription costs via this route. Has anybody else based their splitting of the costs to actual use?

 

Satu

 

 

 

Hi Sarah, it’s not ideal, but in the past I have done it based on FTEs in the Programme / School / Faculty etc.

This also helps with annual TRAC reporting from Finance.

Best wishes,

Jason

 

 

Hi all,

 

I wonder if anyone is, or has tried to, split the costs of multi-disciplinary resources, e.g. if you take a resource like ProQuest Central, what percentage of content relates to business, what percentage relates to education etc. and what does that translate to as a percentage of the overall cost of resource. I’ve been by our finance department to consider this model for our resources budget and any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks in advance!

 

Best wishes,

 

Sarah

 

 

 

 

Sarah Taylor 

Electronic Resources Librarian

The Peter Marsh Library

University of Bolton

Deane Road

Bolton

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