Tips and Caveats: Analyzing & Interpreting the Data
| "Borrowing" - Some questions Journals Received can help answer Are the titles in your subject area with the most requests owned by Galter or Law? If not, does NUL own it but currently make assessible only a limited date range? Does the number of requests indicate a need for a new subscription? The lack of requests in a particular subject field may indicate a collection which is satisfying the needs of constituents. |
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"Doc Del" - Some questions Most Filled can help answer As evidenced by the presence or absence of journals in your subject area, does it appear that your constituents are aware of Document Delivery, are they using it? Are some of the requests in your area for print-only journals for which e-editions are available? Is there any evidence of "resource discovery" problems? For example, works within the publication Acta Sanctorum are the most frequently fulfilled through Doc Del services. It appears NUL has an e-version. Are these requests coming in due to discovery issues (i.e., the requestors can't find NUL's copy and so put in ILL requests, which turn into DocDel services because NUL owns the work)? |
Specifics
If you need more information about specific titles/requests before making decisions based on this data, please contact Kurt Munson, Resource Sharing & Reserve.
