Cost Per UserAnalyzing EZProxy Logs For Collection Development

Tiffany LeMaistre

2015 Charleston Conference

About Nevada State College

First Generation

Proxy What?WHAT IT MEANS AND HOW WE DO IT

Proxy What?• EZProxy is OCLC’s authentication system for library resources

• EZProxy logs are web logs that can be setup to store and save usage data

• Those log files can be compared with student data using the username as a match point

Library

Information & Technology Services

Institutional Research

Why Cost Per User?THAT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF WORK FOR ANOTHER CPU SPREADSHEET

Why Cost Per User?• True comparison

• Available for every resource

• No concerns about:• Missing data

• Unclear standards of measurement

• Estimates based on incomplete information

Live Data DemoHTTP://BIT.LY/NSCLIBUSE

Online Resource Use in Tableau

Select Filters to Change Display

Collect Use That Vendors Don’t Provide

Collect Use of Open Access Resources

Compare Non-COUNTER Resources

Why Cost Per User?• Is the library achieving economies of scale?

• Is the resource core or supplemental?

• What are the characteristics of users?• Interdisciplinary or discipline-specific

• Students or faculty

• Freshman or seniors

• GPA, grades on research assignments

Users

Value

Cost

ROI with Individual Subscriptions

Why Cost Per User?• Is the library achieving economies of scale?

• Is the resource core or supplemental?

• What are the characteristics of users?• Interdisciplinary or discipline-specific

• Students or faculty

• Freshman or seniors

• GPA, grades on research assignments

Users

Value

Cost

Access Time Is Inconsistent

Compare New to Repeat Users Instead

Use of the Discovery Search

New User24%

Repeat User76%

Why Cost Per User?• Is the library achieving economies of scale?

• Is the resource core or supplemental?

• What are the characteristics of users?• Interdisciplinary or discipline-specific

• Students or faculty

• Freshman or seniors

• GPA, grades on research assignments

Users

Value

Cost

Add in Student Data for More Insights

Mostly Seniors Use the Discovery Search

Interdisciplinary Use of Historic NY Times

Heavily Nursing Use of UpToDate

Many Factors Could Influence GPA

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Tiffany LeMaistre

Electronic Resources and Discovery Librarian

Nevada State College

Marydean Martin Library

E-mail: tiffany.lemaistre@nsc.edu

Phone: (702) 992-2807