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JUSE- Journal Use Project

CURRENT PROGRESS

Below is the file with all of out statistics through April 2007. This includes statistics from both the 1st and 3rd floors. The 3rd floor project goes back through Summer 2005. The 1st floor project goes back through April 2006. If you sort by call number, it may not be exact, but you will get a rough ordering.  It works better to search by title for most titles, and by call number for some that may have title variations. I hope this helps with the storage decisions and if you are not finding what you are looking for, let me know.

Journal Usage Through April 2007

For the coded variables, 1=Yes, 2=No.

Supplies

• Clipboards- located on each floor (1st- by the reshelving area, 3rd-behind the reference desk)
• Pages to write on- see the links below for copies for each floor
• Pen- bring one with you to write down titles

3rd Floor

This project was designed to determine the amount of use of the journals located on the 3rd floor (Journals 1990-Present). This will help in future decisions of what journal titles to cancel or move to storage. We are collecting data in the following areas relating to this for each volume used:

(any coding used is also listed below with the category)

1. Date Collected

2. Journal Title

3. Year

4. Loose Issue or Bound Volume (1-for Loose issue, Blank for bound issues)

5. Whether that title is available electronically (Yes-1 / No-2)

6. Whether that year of that title is available electronically (Yes-1 / No-2)

7. Call Number

1st Floor

This project was designed to determine the amount of use of journals on the 1st floor (Journals 1989 and older).  This project will help us in future decisions of what journals might be able to be moved to storage. This was implemented do to issues with the compact shelving and the possibility of needing to replace this in the future. This project will allow for the current use to be taken into consideration when making these decisions.  We are collecting data in the following areas relating to each volume used:

1. Date Collected

2. Journal Title

3. Year

4. Whether that title is available electronically (Yes-1 / No-2)

5. Whether that year of that title is available electronically (Yes-1 / No-2)

Data Collection

Data is collected whenever

1. Carts from the 2nd Floor (Circulation) are brought to the 3rd Floor to be reshelved.

2. A floor is Swept and books from the 1st or 3rd Floor are found

For each volume record:

1. Date Collected

2. Journal Title (and Call Number if the title is vague or in a foreign language- it never hurts to write the call number too)

3. Year

4. If it is a loose issue (this is only for the 3rd Floor)

This information is recorded on a clip board. There is one for each floor. The one on the 1st floor should either be kept on one of the shelves in the reshelving area or on the microfiche cabinet right next to the door into the documents department across from the reshelving area. The one for the 3rd Floor is located behind the 3rd Floor information desk.

If you run out of sheets to record this on, you may print more off. The documents below contain the sheets.

DO NOT:

1. Keep a pen with the clip board (it will be stolen)! Bring one with you when you go to those floors.

2. Write in cursive! (Write as neatly as possible).

JUSE Databases

Try to keep these databases as updated as possible because we are sporadically asked for this information for different projects going on within the library.

The databases for each of the floors are located in the MSL Stacks Projects Folder.

File Names

1st Floor- 1st Floor JUSE project

3rd Floor- JUSE Project Pilot

Step 1- Fill in the fields contained on the handwritten sheets from the 1st and 3rd Floors

Step 2- Look up each title, first in the E-Journal Locator and then, if not found, in the Library Catalog.

Step 3- Look up the call number for each title and record it in the call number field.

Step 4 - Record the infomation related to electronic access in the database.

• 3rd Floor you are recording
  • If it is available electronically at all (1=Yes, 2=No)
  • Whether it is available electronically for that year (1=Yes, 2=No)

 

• 1st Floor you are recording

• If it is available electronically at all (1=Yes, 2=No)
• Whether it is available electronically for that year (1=Yes, 2=No).

 

Step 5 - If you cannot find a title, highlight the title in the database in Yellow. This will indicate to me that I need to look at this item. Once I have looked at it I will either change it back to White if I figure it out or change it to Blue if it is still not clear as to what the answer is.