Library Quarterly Report FY18 Q2: October-December 2017

Database Usage

Use of library subscription databases was strong again this quarter with well-above-average use of ASTM Compass, and a strong showing by the Knovel database, two resources that tend to have high usage. As noted earlier in the report, this quarter the library expanded access in the EBSCO Business Source Complete database to the new Business Source Corporate Plus, promotion of which contributed to higher-than-average downloads for the quarter. For reasons we cannot explain we also continue to note high levels of "clickthrough" downloads from the library's catalog. We suspect the change is due to increased user clicks on eBook content being added by Gil Kenner, head of technical services.

Subscription Downloads
The VDOT Research Library continues to expand access to key resources by facilitating patron self-service access to online subscription databases. With thirteen subscription databases now active (11 are "full text") and due to the fact that the library serves the entire VDOT community, usage remains high. The tables (below) show the number of downloads per month from each database, as well as the trend over the past year (right), which has been remained somewhat flat for the past 8 months.

Subscription Downloads By VDOT
	October	November	December	Total
ASTM Compass	587	306	279	1,172
Knovel	252	190	152	594
Non-Subscription Downloads (EOS Clickthroughs)	167	155	185	507
Books24x7	97	118	82	297
ASCE	89	82	67	238
TRR	92	89	35	216
EBSCO Business Source Corporate Plus	1	32	21	54
EBSCO Business Book Summaries	9	6	13	28
EBSCO eBooks	16	13	3	32
Other (miscellaneous journals)	0	7	3	10
ScienceDirect	2	5	2	9
Monthly Totals	1,312	1,003	842	3,157

Note: Miscellaneous resources includes International Journal of Pavement Engineering, Corrosion and the Highway Capacity Manual.

Library Quarterly Report FY18 Q2: October-December 2017

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