Citation
(2001), "IDEAL usage statistics", Interlending & Document Supply, Vol. 29 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/ilds.2001.12229dab.006
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2001, MCB UP Limited
IDEAL usage statistics
IDEAL usage statistics
Analysis of recent usage data has illuminated benefits gained by customers of IDEAL, Harcourt's online library serving science, technology and medicine researchers. IDEAL offers resources including STM journals from Academic Press and Harcourt Health Sciences.
IDEAL delivers significant value, according to analysis of usage statistics from the year 2000 for a representative sampling of library or consortial licensees. Libraries licensing IDEAL's collections of AP and HHS-UK journals gain online access to more journals than are held in their print collections – for a cost below that of their print subscriptions. Data show widespread use of this expanded access.
The sampling encompasses approximately 15 per cent of last year's consortial licensees, or 250 institutions, located in nine countries. The sampled institutions on average drew 32 per cent of downloads from articles not in their print holdings. Looking at the same data by region shows that IDEAL downloads from non-print holdings averaged 48 per cent among European institutions, 36 per cent among UK institutions, 29 per cent among institutions in Japan, and 23 per cent among those in the USA. These averages solely comprise electronic downloads and do not reflect numbers of times users consulted printed journals.
Analysis of IDEAL-user profiles also demonstrates that one licensing model does not fit all, and that some institutions should consider licensing individual journals and articles. Evidence demonstrates, however, that most institutions gain the greatest value through access to an entire collection of IDEAL journals.
IDEAL licensing options include the pick-and-choose Individual Publications License – delivering access to specific journals, as well as the pay-per-view service IDEALOnDemand which delivers access to individual articles. These options are available for Academic Press and Harcourt Health Sciences journals.
More information about IDEAL can be found at http://www.idealibrary.com
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