Technical Services Unit Statistics & Annual Reports

ANNUAL STATISTICS

• Acquisitions
  • In 2009, Serials and MACC were combined into a single Acquisitions Unit. Annual Acquisitions Unit statistics are posted in Digital Commons annually. An example is here: ____tba_____________________
  • The Acquisitions Unit Annual Report, posted annually in Digital Commons, also contains a statistical supplement with extensive statistical data, e.g. expenditures by fund and format. An example is here: ________tba______________.
  • Serials Stats
    • Serials Unit statistics were posted annually in Digital Commons. An example is here: http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/ts_rpts/48/. As of 2009/10, these are part of "Acquisition Unit Statistics" (see above).
    • In later years, the "Serials Unit Annual Report" also contained a statistical supplement with extensive statistical data, e.g. expenditures by fund and format. An example is here: http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/ts_rpts/57/
    • Serials statistics terms / definitions
  • MACC Stats
    • Two different series of MACC Unit statistics were posted annually in Digital Commons. Examples are here: http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/ts_rpts/50/ and here: http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/ts_rpts/49/. As of 2009/10, these are part of "Acquisition Unit Statistics" (see above).
    • MACC statistics terms / definitions
• Cataloging
  • Cataloging annual statistics are gathered but currently not shared or published. In years past, they were incorporated into "Technical Services Statistics" (see below).
• Technical Services
  • Bill used to produce annual "Technical Services Statistics" that basically were the combined the monthly statistics of the Serials, MACC, and Cataloging Units. An example is here: http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/ts_rpts/17/ 
  • Bill would also take the annual totals from "Technical Services Statistics" and combine them for multiple years, with percent change over time. An example is here: http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/ts_rpts/18/
  • After Bill left, these statistics were no longer produced.

ANNUAL REPORTS

• Acquisitions
  • In 2009, Serials and MACC were combined into a single Acquisitions Unit. The "Acquisitions Unit Annual Report" is posted annually in Digital Commons. An example is here: ____tba_____________________
  • Serials
    • The "Serials Unit Annual Report" was posted annually in Digital Commons. An example is here: http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/ts_rpts/57/. As of 2009/10, this report is part of the "Acquisitions Unit Annual Report."
  • MACC
    • The "Monographic Acquisitions and Copy Cataloging (MACC) Annual Report" was posted annually in Digital Commons. An example is here: http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/lib_mac_rpts/7/. No reports were produced for 2007/08 or 2008/09. As of 2009/10, this report is part of the "Acquisitions Unit Annual Report."
• Cataloging
  • No information about Cataloging annual reports is available.
• Technical Services
  • Bill used to produce a "Technical Services Annual Report." An example is here: http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/ts_rpts/5/. This report has not been produced for a long time.

Downloadable Forms

• MACC statistics sheet
• Processing statistics sheet
• Mending statistics sheet

Collection Development Statistics

• Counts of records by location
  • Bill used to produce an annual count of URI item records by location code to show change over time. Also included were bib locations and total checkin record counts. This can be found here: http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/ts_rpts/21/.   [[[Make procedure on how to do this]]]
  • Bill also produced an annual count of URI checkin records by location to show change over time. This can be found here: http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/ts_rpts/20/.   [[[Make procedure on how to do this]]]
• List of items purchased by fund during a given time period
  • Creating a list of books ordered for a specific fund code
• HELIN Consortium Statistics (found in HELIN Digital Commons)
  • "HELIN Collection Statistics" show total items by institution, with pie chart. Example is here: http://helindigitalcommons.org/collect/9/
  • "HELIN Library Collection Growth" shows total items by HELIN library location compared to previous year. Example is here: http://helindigitalcommons.org/collect/12/
  • "HELIN Institutions' Collection Growth" shows total items by HELIN institution compared to previous year, with % change. Example is here: http://helindigitalcommons.org/collect/10/
  • HELIN also collects monthly checkouts by patron type, total checkouts by institution, and requests of Brown by LC classification and institution. These are only of marginal interest for collection development purposes. The data is not aggregated annually, which further limits its use for CD purposes.

• Martha's stats in Millennium Statistics
• What's available in Millennium web interface (collection, circ)
• How to gather stuff Bill used to get
• How to gather any other stuff we want (e.g. Circ)

helin/manage reports and metrics on collection and circ.  How to create them and get them out.

• EBSCO Reports
  • EBSCO "Historical Price Analysis" report
  • EBSCO "Library of Congress Classification" report
• Additional information
  • Are there other statistics that would be useful in evaluating collections (record counts, circulation, ILL)?
  • HELIN Collection Development Committee is working in 2009/10 on some measurements of the HELIN collection.
  • Bill used to use some collection evaluation tool called AMIGOS.
  • Try a literature search on useful collection metrics.
  • Advice might be available through the COLLDV-L Listserv. See the archive at http://serials.infomotions.com/colldv-l/.

Gathering Usage Statistics for E-Resources and Portals 

• Reference database usage statistics
• E-journal usage statistics
• Serials Solutions search type statistics
• Serials Solutions subject search statistics
• Serials Solutions click-through statistics
• RefWorks usage statistics
• Digital Commons usage statistics
• Library website statistics

include posting to Digital Commons and linking from library website.