Sector and Rationale: Reliable IRUS-UK Usage statistics Institutions better Production 2013 - 2015 Current annual enterprise usage data enables shared service able to strength service usage survey is efficiency; benchmarking, for repositories benchmark, infrastructure: July not yet closed Open agenda evaluation, user evaluate and 2014 so figures will services, etc. provide services Improve UI change): Appropriate Value: Institutions Institutions able to to July interfaces better able to easily provide 2015) 68% reported benchmark, evaluate robust usage Modified API that IRUS-UK Review of and provide services. figures for SUSHI and has improved opportunities to management COUNTER statistical expand to cover reporting, wider reporting publishers business Increase 65% reported intelligence and Repositories being that IRUS-UK Guidance for benchmarking. harvested saves time institutions Target collecting Increasing usage 150? by July 2015 statistics Sustainability figures (TBC) 65% reported plan demonstrates the that IRUS-UK impact of OA enables Tracker Code and repository reporting guidelines via infrastructure previously IRUS toolbox investment. (13.5 unable to do (Available) million downloads 35% reported from July 2012 to that IRUS-UK Established March 2014 from enhances helpdesk 54 repositories. decision making procedures: July (Take this as a 83% hope to 2014) baseline?) use IRUS-UK for Draft sustainability benchmarking Survey to check plan Dec 2014) that downloads were valuable to Jisc customers
Sector and enterprise efficiency; Open agenda Rationale: Reliable usage data enables benchmarking, evaluation, user services, etc. Value: Institutions better able to benchmark, evaluate and provide services. IRUS-UK Usage statistics shared service for repositories Appropriate interfaces Review of opportunities to expand to cover publishers Guidance for institutions Sustainability plan Institutions better able to benchmark, evaluate and provide services Institutions able to easily provide robust usage figures for management reporting, wider business intelligence and benchmarking. Increasing usage figures demonstrates the impact of OA repository infrastructure investment. (13.5 million downloads from July 2012 to March 2014 from 54 repositories. (Take this as a baseline?) Survey to check that downloads were valuable to Jisc customers Production strength service infrastructure: July 2014 Improve UI to July 2015) Modified API SUSHI and COUNTER Increase Repositories being harvested Target 150? by July 2015 (TBC) Tracker Code and guidelines via IRUS toolbox (Available) Established helpdesk procedures: July 2014) Draft sustainability plan Dec 2014) 2013 - 2015 Current annual usage survey is not yet closed so figures will change): 68% reported that IRUS-UK has improved statistical reporting 65% reported that IRUS-UK saves time collecting statistics 65% reported that IRUS-UK enables reporting previously unable to do 35% reported that IRUS-UK enhances decision making 83% hope to use IRUS-UK for benchmarking
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