the effect of discovery systems on online journal usage: a longitudinal study

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Abstract
Many academic libraries are implementing discovery services as a way of giving their users a single comprehensive search option for all library resources. These tools are designed to change the research experience, yet very few studies have investigated the impact of discovery service implementation. This study examines one aspect of that impact by asking whether usage of publisher-hosted journal content changes after implementation of a discovery tool. Libraries that have begun using the four major discovery services have seen an increase in usage of this content, suggesting that for this particular type of material, discovery services have a positive impact on use. Though all discovery services significantly increased usage relative to a no discovery service control group, some had a greater impact than others, and there was extensive variation in usage change among libraries using the same service. Future phases of this study will look at other types of content.
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Authors ;Michael Levine-Clark;John Mcdonald;Jason S Price
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Year 2014
DOI
10.1629/2048-7754.153
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http://insights.uksg.org/articles/211
Keywords
bibliography information resources library science

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