1. How to make your e-resources earn their keep Ruth Stubbings UK Serials group seminar 2003

2. e-resources earning their keep what e-resources? journals and databases monitor usage stats & value for money promotion of resources Database of the Month MetaLib & SFX

3. MetaLib and SFX MetaLib portal of all our databases simultaneous searching of Z39.50 compliant databases SFX links article records to library catalogue and/or e-journals open URL

4. Implementation of MetaLib large team approach Systems, Support Services & Academic Librarians long time scale March – September smaller, separate team implemented SFX

5. Discussions Look and feel Branding Contents (electronic & print) Authentication (VLE username & password) Library’s web pages (which should exist) Information literacy skills

6. Cataloguing & configuring cataloguing easy form driven quality & content testing configuration difficult who should configure? technical staff / academic librarians how many databases are Z39.50 compliant?

13. Pilot of MetaLib and SFX 3 Academic Departments focus groups questionnaire positive feedback

14. “Live” and maintenance “Live” in September 2002 Training generic and departmental (80 participants to 3 sessions) Handout http://www.lboro.ac.uk/library/dbase/metalib.html http://www.lboro.ac.uk/library/dbase/metalib.html Online tutorial http://inhale.hud.ac.uk/perl/jump.pl?13-56 http://inhale.hud.ac.uk/perl/jump.pl?13-56 Enquiries easier to answer smaller MetaLib group on average half a day per week upgraded June & November 2003

22. Statistics increase in usage of databases 609%

23. Stats by database usage up Zetoc 1385% SportDiscus 1207% ICEA 225% INSPEC 73% OCLC 79% ABES 36% IBSS 31% Beilstein 23% usage down Psycinfo-63% Lexis-Nexis-51% Mintel -36% RAPRA-31% UKOP -6% Art Abstracts-12% Compendex -4%

24. Top ten databases in 2003 JuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctober ArticleFirstZetocArticleFirst ZetocArticleFirstZetoc IBSS Ante OPACASSIA ABMIBSS Ante OPACASSIA OPAC AnteOPAC CompendexInspec ASSIAInspec Compendex InspecSportDiscus BHISportDiscusBHICeramic AbsMedline SportDiscusCompendexBioSci Comp & InfoEng MatMedline Compendex BioSciPolymer SportDiscusComp & Info

25. What does this mean? students less googlisation? cross searchable versus most appropriate? Researchers & academics using MetaLib cross search more than anticipated

26. The future investigate: usage stats for e-journals searching behaviour of readers incorporate new features of MetaLib e-journals