UKSG Usage Statistics Training Seminar: Oxford

Course summary

This one-day training seminar, one of a series organised by UKSG and Project COUNTER, will give a practical hands-on introduction to accessing, collating, utilising, presenting, and marketing e-resource usage statistics, both COUNTER-compliant and otherwise.  The latest news on COUNTER activities will also be presented, and experts from different sectors will provide their perspectives on the role and importance of usage statistics.  Future developments in the provision and exploitation of use measurement statistics will also be covered.

Please note:  In order to allow participants hands-on experience at this training seminar attendance will be limited to 30.  However, more training seminars on this topic are being planned for 2007/8.

Why you should attend

To achieve a comprehensive, practical understanding of the collection and analysis of usage statistics, particularly those conforming to the COUNTER Code of Practice.

Course level and previous knowledge required

Those attending are invited to consult the Project COUNTER website (www.projectcounter.org) in advance, although the COUNTER Codes, etc. will be fully covered during the seminar.  In order to get most benefit from the hands-on session, participants should have a basic working knowledge of Microsoft Excel: advanced knowledge is not required.

Learning objectives

• Project COUNTER – background, Codes of Practice, current activities, future developments
• A publisher’s perspective on COUNTER
• Usage statistics as a practical tool in the library
• Outcomes to take back to the workplace.

Fee

UKSG or COUNTER members  £130.00 + £22.75 VAT (total £152.75)
Non-members     £180.00 + £31.50 VAT (total £211.50)
The fee includes refreshments and lunch.

Venue

Isis, Thames Suite
Oxford University Computing Services
13 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 6NN  

Tel.:  01865 273200
Location details will be sent with confirmation of booking.

Programme

10.00 Registration and coffee

10.20 Welcome and introduction by the Chair
Peter Shepherd, Project Director, COUNTER

10.30 Project COUNTER – background, Codes of Practice, current activities,
future developments
Peter Shepherd, Project Director, COUNTER

11.00 A publisher’s perspective on COUNTER
Kornelia Junge, Senior Marketing Manager, Usage Development, Wiley InterScience

11.40 Experiences on the ground: usage statistics as a practical tool in the library  
Jill Taylor-Roe, Head of Liaison & Academic Services, University of Newcastle

12.20 Lunch

13.00 Hands-on session (1) – including SUSHI
Cliff Spencer, Project Officer, University of Newcastle
Jill Taylor-Roe, Head of Liaison & Academic Services, University of Newcastle

14.30 Tea

15.00  Hands-on session (2) – including case studies
Cliff Spencer, Project Officer, University of Newcastle
Jill Taylor-Roe, Head of Liaison & Academic Services, University of Newcastle

15.45  What will you do now?  Outcomes to take back to base
A summary and some challenges from the Chair

16.15 Close of seminar

How to book

The booking date for this seminar has now passed.  For any queries please contact
Alison@uksg.org