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Lemontree - University of Huddersfield
So when you visit library, when you bring books back or even when you log in to an e-resource, your actions — provided you’ve registered with us —will register on Lemontree and earn you points! As you progress through your studies and use the library you will also progress through the levels in the game! Make your Lemontree grow and unlock achievements. Some of these achievements are based around the books you borrow (ie their subject areas), others are related to the time and frequency you visit the library. Lemontree is a flavour of Librarygame™ that has been specifically customised for and licensed to the University of Huddersfield. It’s built by the guys at
Libraries spend millions of pounds on electronic journals each year, but gathering statistics about their use hasn't always been easy. Diminishing budgets must demonstrate value for money, and reliable data is key. Comparative usage statistics help evaluate the impact of e-resources and inform future purchasing decisions.
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Our Position The issue of journal prices has been a matter of concern for university libraries for the past couple of decades. However, the combination of falls in the value of sterling, the international financial collapse and uncertainty in the funding of the UK Higher Education sector has hit British libraries hard.
Affordable Subscriptions to Periodicals Initiative (ASPI) | RLUK
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RLUK has published a major report by Mary Auckland on the changing needs of researchers and the effect on the subject/liaison role within libraries. As research activities evolve, research support must evolve with them. RLUK has been keen to determine what the new requirements of researchers are, and how best these needs can be met by the library. We want to place the needs of researchers in the context of the libraries current offering, and look at how we must change to fulfil the new demands placed upon us.
JISC Academic Database Assessment Tool
This site from JISC Collections aims to help libraries to make informed decisions about future subscriptions to bibliographic and full text databases. More information about the site's data sourcing and comparison method is available on the 'About' page.
There’s a little bit more methodology here – but also some results! I promise! I have been trying to organise the data so that we create some useful variables ready for analysis. As I said in my last post, you need to know what your data actually means before you start analysing it.
Library Impact Data Project
Re-skilling for Research | RLUK
RLUK has published a major report by Mary Auckland on the changing needs of researchers and the effect on the subject/liaison role within libraries. As research activities evolve, research support must evolve with them. RLUK has been keen to determine what the new requirements of researchers are, and how best these needs can be met by the library. We want to place the needs of researchers in the context of the libraries current offering, and look at how we must change to fulfil the new demands placed upon us.