Usage Statistics Training Seminar: Dublin

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.  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:  Attendance at this training seminar will be limited to 24.

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, as information on current COUNTER activities will be covered during the seminar. 
NB: 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:  £150.00 (VAT exempt) 
Non-members:  £200.00 (VAT exempt)
The fee includes refreshments and lunch.

Venue

Henry Jones Room, Old Library/South Training Room, Berkeley Library
Trinity College Dublin
College Street  
Dublin 2     
Tel.:  01 896 1217

Location details will be sent with confrmation of booking.

Programme

09.45 Registration and coffee

10.15 Welcome and introduction by the Chair
Tony Kidd, Assistant Director, Financial & Corporate Services,
University of Glasgow Library

10.25 A publisher’s perspective on COUNTER 
Jo Cross, Market Research Manager, Taylor & Francis Journals

11.05 Experiences on the ground: usage statistics as a practical tool in the library
Tony Kidd, Assistant Director, Financial & Corporate Services,
University of Glasgow Library

11.45 Providing an evidence base for consortium funders: the role of the
IReL Monitoring Group
John Cox, Acting Librarian, National University of Ireland, Galway

12.15 Lunch

13.00  Hands-on session (1)
Terry Bucknell, Electronic Resources Manager, University of Liverpool

14.30 Tea

15.00  Hands-on session (2)
Terry Bucknell, Electronic Resources Manager, University of Liverpool

15.30 Project COUNTER – current activities and future developments (including outcomes to take back to base and a summary and some challenges from the Chair)
Tony Kidd, Assistant Director, Financial & Corporate Services,
University of Glasgow Library

16.00 Close of seminar

How to book

Registration for this seminar has now closed.  For further information, please contact Karen Sadler

Cancellations

By Thursday 22 January 2009 - full refund
From Friday 23 January 2009 - no refund

NB:  UK Serials Group reserves the right to alter or vary the programme due to events or circumstances beyond its reasonable control without being obliged to refund monies.