Measuring the validity of usage reports provided by e-book vendors : emerging research and opportunities

Aiping Chen-Gaffey (Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, USA), Heather Getsay (Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, USA)

"This book examines how consistent and compatible are the usage reports librarians receive from various e-books vendors by analyzing three vendor cases. It focuses on what types of usage data are delivered by the e-books providers, how the data are presented, and what are the issues in interpreting the data"--

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Year of publication:	[2018]
Authors:	Chen-Gaffey, Aiping ; Getsay, Heather
Publisher:	Hershey, Pennsylvania : IGI Global

Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (xii, 130 Seiten)
Series:	Advances in library and information science (ALIS) book series
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers Mode of access: World Wide Web Chapter 1. What Is COUNTER and why is it important? -- Chapter 2. COUNTER: standardization of e-books statistics -- Chapter 3. Case study part 1: sorting out the data mess -- Chapter 4. Case study part 2: apples, oranges, and pears -- Chapter 5. Case study part 3: more apples, oranges, and pears -- interpreting ebrary, EBSCO, and safari non-COUNTER reports -- Chapter 6. COUNTER and non-COUNTER: consolidating vendor-provided usage reports -- Chapter 7. Findings, discussion, and recommendations Also available in print.
ISBN:	978-1-5225-3239-2 ; 1-5225-3238-2 ; 978-1-5225-3238-5
Other identifiers:	10.4018/978-1-5225-3238-5 [DOI]
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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