A QUANTITATIVE METHOD FOR MEASURING LIBRARY USER JOURNAL NEEDS - A PILOT-STUDY USING CD PLUS MEDLINE USAGE STATISTICS

Authors
DUNN K CHISNELL C SZAK S SITTIG DF
Citation
K. Dunn et al., A QUANTITATIVE METHOD FOR MEASURING LIBRARY USER JOURNAL NEEDS - A PILOT-STUDY USING CD PLUS MEDLINE USAGE STATISTICS, Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 1994, pp. 108-112
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Information Science & Library Science","Medicine Miscellaneus","Computer Science Information Systems
Journal title
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association → ACNP
ISSN journal
10675027
Year of publication
1994
Supplement
S
Pages
108 - 112
Database
ISI
SICI code
1067-5027(1994):<108:AQMFML>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Objective: To develop a quantitatible method for measuring library use r journal needs based on an analysis of bibliographic search results. Design: Retrospective bibliometric comparison of citation selections g enerated by users in the library. Measures: Number of times each journ al was identified by library users during multiple bibliographic searc h sessions. Results: Library users identified 4907 journal titles. The top 200 journal titles accounted for 55% of the library user journal needs. Of the 1380 unique titles identified, 652 were selected once. C onclusion: Our pilot study demonstrated that analysis of bibliographic search results can be used to identify library user journal needs. Su ch a method could also be used to estimate user requirements for onlin e, full-text scientific journals.