Primo at the University of Sussex

Presented at UKSG Forum 2013 - 15 November 2013.
Kings Fund, London.
A 7 minute lightening talk.

Transcript

1. Chris Keene : University of Sussex Primo at Sussex
2. Google : e-strategy sussex simple flexible, users can customize and save, mobile friendly. Control (to meet user needs)
3. Issues with existing setup Notion of Electronic Library broken Federated search slow, results lacking good relevance ranking People searched that catalogue for resources and articles
4. Now: No more separate Electronic Library. One search box. Library website focuses on online search and delivery. Users don’t have to think/know where to search for what
5. Control Scopes Scopes Scopes Scopes Views, Tabs, dropdown options: Everything Catalogue Journals Resources Articles Theses. Journals. Meeting future specific needs
6. And for Jstor & Westlaw
7. PDA Nightmare of loading 100,000 items in to the catalogue Nightmare of constantly needing to update But nothing worse than trying to remove most of those records at the end of the year
8. PDA with Primo Not on catalogue (except those we ‘buy’) On Primo (separate data source/scope) Can add & remove from search almost instantly Easy to update. Easy to remove. Looking at Primo loading file for normal network drive. Massive time savings
9. Impact so far Oct (or Sept) Difference between 2011 - 2012 Difference between 2012 2013 (ie Primo) Publisher 1 25% 50% Publisher 2 14% 30% Publisher 3 30% 42% Publisher 4 16% -6% Publisher 5 30% Publisher 6 18% 65% Percentage difference Clickthroughs from link resolver to articles 37% Clickthroughs to 50 most popular journals 24% (10,629 – 13,197)
10. @chriskeene or google: Chris Keene Sussex