... issue is billing. As libraries no longer have control over objects, they have to rely on external server statistics provided by the publishers and hosts to make licensing and acquisition decisions. Electronic documents fundamentally change the mechanisms in libraries. Whereas in former times...

...Norm Medeiros Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe the challenge and promise of electronic resource usage statistics. Design/methodology/approach Discusses the ways in which libraries could take better advantage of usage statistics with the help of systems. Findings Provides...

...Rachel Cheng; Steve Bischof; Alan J. Nathanson This article details the experience of Wesleyan University Library in Middletown, CT, in the collection, management and assessment of library usage statistics to improve current library collections and services and plan for future changes in light...