Document Type
Article
Department or Administrative Unit
Library
Publication Date
6-22-2016
Abstract
Web page views of databases by title and databases by subject pages, in conjunction with COUNTER Database Report 1 and Journal Report 1 statistics, were examined to determine what impact a migration to Primo, a Web-scale discovery layer, had at Central Washington University Brooks Library. The analysis determined that the first year post-migration (2015) compared to the two years pre-migration (2013–14) saw a decline in Web page views of database Web pages, journal full-text article requests, and database record views and result clicks. The implementation of Primo thus had a noticeable negative impact on both direct database access and overall electronic resource usage during the first year post-migration.
Recommended Citation
Evelhoch, Z. (2016). Web-scale discovery: Impact on library database web page views and usage. Journal of Web Librarianship 10(3), 197-209. DOI: 10.1080/19322909.2016.1191048
Journal
Journal of Web Librarianship
Comments
Please note: This is an electronic version of an article published in The Journal of Web Librarianship, available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/wjwl20/current
The version of record is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19322909.2016.1191048