[Lyrarl] Project MUSE/UPCC 2012 Usage Data

[Celeste Feather]

Bryan,

The only data I can access is for the institutions that are covered by the terms of the ARL/LYRASIS agreement. Everything below is drawn from data from the 13 ARL libraries that acquired content under the terms of the ARL license last year. I am aware of several other ARL purchases of MUSE ebook content in 2012, either before the ARL offer was developed or through another purchase channel, but I will not be able to access that usage data.

Celeste

Celeste Feather
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From: lyrarl-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org [mailto:lyrarl-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org] On Behalf Of Bryan Skib
Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2013 4:50 PM
To: LYRASIS ARL Collection Development Contacts
Subject: Re: [Lyrarl] Project MUSE/UPCC 2012 Usage Data

Celeste -- do you have data just for ARLs?

Thanks,

Bryan Skib
Associate University Librarian for Collections
818 Hatcher Library
University of Michigan
(734) 936-2366

On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 4:39 PM, Celeste Feather <celeste.feather at lyrasis.org<mailto:celeste.feather at lyrasis.org>> wrote:
I thought you might be interested in a quick overview of the Project MUSE/UPCC ebook usage data in 2012 for the 13 ARL libraries that acquired content under the terms of the ARL/LYRASIS centrally-negotiated license. A clause in the license establishes that the licensing agent (LYRASIS) and ARL staff can access the usage data from participating institutions. We will use these statistics to inform our ongoing discussions with Project MUSE about future offers.

7 ARL libraries purchased the entire collection of ebooks at MUSE  under the terms of the ARL group license in 2012, and 6 more ARL libraries purchased selective content. The usage data is primarily from July-December 2012, as most of these 13 libraries did not acquire the content and have access prior to that time.

88% of the ebooks at MUSE in 2012 were published from 2000-2012. In six months of 2012, the 13 ARL libraries used 42% of the 2000-2012 titles and 38% of those published prior to 2000. Project MUSE has reported that the 133 purchasing libraries across the globe to date collectively have used 70% of the ebook titles so far. Many libraries outside North America purchased content early in 2012 and had access for most of the year.

The most popular titles in terms of chapter downloads among the 13 libraries were:

Ebook Title

Press

Publication Date

Chapter Downloads

Poets on the Edge

State University of New York Press

2008

349

Asian American Studies Now

Rutgers University Press

2010

257

Pictures of the Heart

University of Hawai'i Press

1996

242

Japanese Culture

University of Hawai'i Press

2000

189

The Digest of Justinian, Volume 4

University of Pennsylvania Press

2011

188

The Social Media Reader

NYU Press

2012

180

Adios to Tears

University of Washington Press

2000

166

Beyond Objectivism and Relativism

University of Pennsylvania Press

2011

164

The Force of Domesticity

NYU Press

2008

156

What's Your Sign for PIZZA?

Gallaudet University Press

2003

155



The presses with the most chapter downloads among the 13 libraries were:

Press

Chapter Downloads

University of Hawai'i Press

9320

State University of New York Press

8758

NYU Press

5595

University of Pennsylvania Press

5163

Indiana University Press

4782

University of Michigan Press

4171

The Johns Hopkins University Press

3421

Hong Kong University Press, HKU

3344

University of Wisconsin Press

2605

Rutgers University Press

2476




Celeste


Celeste Feather
Licensing Program Account Manager
LYRASIS
celeste.feather at lyrasis.org<mailto:celeste.feather at lyrasis.org>
800-999-8558 ext. 2954<tel:800-999-8558%20ext.%202954> (Toll-free)
678-235-2954<tel:678-235-2954> (Direct)
404-550-6459<tel:404-550-6459> (Cell)
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