About the Journal Usage Statistics Portal
Organisations
The JUSP development partnership includes JISC Collections, Mimas at The University of Manchester, Evidence Base at Birmingham City University and Cranfield University.
A successful portal prototype was originally developed in 2009, taking in usage data (COUNTER JR1, JR1A and JR5 reports) from five libraries in respect of three NESLi2 publisher agreements. The prototype demonstrated that the portal can provide a basic "one-stop shop" where libraries could go to view and download their own usage reports from NESLi2 publishers, a move welcomed by libraries that currently have to go into each publisher's password protected administration sites separately.
In addition, aggregated publishers' usage statistics with those from gateway or host intermediary sites, provide a truer picture of overall usage statistics.
The number of participants has expanded since the outset of the project. Organisations currently participating in JUSP can be viewed here.
Current and future plans
The portal has expanded significantly during 2011 to include more publishers and libraries. We are also looking at other ways of developing the portal, for example we are enabling libraries to indicate their subscribed titles and identifying titles in different deals. We have implemented the Standardized Usage Statistics Harvesting Initiative (SUSHI) protocol, which automatically gathers usage statistics from publisher websites to automate existing manual processes and present further efficiencies.
The JUSP project is employing 'agile' software development processes, built on the foundation of iterative and incremental development. We aim to deliver customer satisfaction by rapid, continuous delivery of useful software. If you have suggestions for improvements or requirements that aren't currently being met then please email our helpdesk. All suggestions and requests will be logged and considered by the management team in the context of ongoing developments.
