SUSHI: Updates and Applications

ALA Midwinter 2010ALCTS CRS Standards Update Forum

January 17, 2010

Hana Levay, Information Resources Librarian University of Washington

levay@uw.edu

Introduction

• Brief overview of COUNTER and SUSHI• Updates from the SUSHI maintenance

committee• Applications of the SUSHI standard

COUNTER• Counting Online Usage of Networked Electronic Resources

• http://www.projectcounter.org• More easily compare usage statistics from

different vendors• COUNTER compliant list:

http://www.projectcounter.org/compliantvendors.html

SUSHI• Standardized Usage Statistics Harvesting Initiative• http://www.niso.org/workrooms/sushi• Model for automation of statistics harvesting• SUSHI feed: usage data that magically appears!

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SUSHI Updates • Current releases: SUSHI 1.6, COUNTER 3.0• SUSHI compatibility now required for

COUNTER 3.0 compliance.• SUSHI Web site revisions

– New “Getting Started” and FAQ sections– SUSHI Server registries– More supporting documentation

SUSHI Websitehttp://www.niso.org/workrooms/sushi

FAQ section

SUSHI Server Registryhttp://sites.google.com/site/sushiserverregistry/

SUSHI Server Registry, cont.

SUSHI Tools

Getting Started

Applications of SUSHI• Using Innovative Millennium ERM• Configure at the resource level• Refer to SUSHI server registry for configuration• Related costs and holdings• Usage with cost per use data

Related Payments:Need dates in From and To columns

Related Holdings:Resource ID must match Coverage Database

Usage with cost per use

Total cost, total use, total cost per use.

Title ISSN1 Online ISSN 2009 CPU 2009 UseAcs Nano 1936-0851 1936-086X $0.93 3051

A Closer Look

The math:

Total cost of package / number of active titles = average cost per title

Average cost per title / use for specific title = cost per use for specific title

Conclusions

• SUSHI standard active, usable• ERM systems and SUSHI • Effortless cost per use (once configured)• Updated SUSHI website

Questions?

Hana Levay, Information Resources LibrarianUniversity of Washingtonlevay@uw.edu206-685-2768