Think about the usage data your organization generates. It’s how we measure impact and drive value. No usage; no way to measure value. But it is also a weak link in our ability to tell a story with data when titles or ISBNs or other numbers don’t match up across platforms.
In order for small press publishers to get value out of their portfolio, they need to have standardized usage reporting available for all venues where they host content. Standardized reporting provides savings for small presses who need to analyze usage data efficiently and at low cost. Plus, standardized reporting makes a common language for all stakeholders in the ecosystem, big or small.
But, did you know that standardized reporting doesn’t begin with the metrics created by end users? It begins upstream, all the way back at pre-production workflows and ends with user discovery. This panel shows how thoughtful metadata handling makes all the difference. Pre-production metadata will be represented by Katie Rokakis from Michigan Publishing Services; production metadata by Lily Simmons of Penn Press; aggregator metadata by Peter Potter, VP for Open Access Publishing at Paradigm Publishing Services; and finally usage reporting by Michelle Urberg.
In this value chain, LibLynx sees two solutions to help data drive publisher value: collate and aggregate usage as much as possible by massaging metadata, which LibLynx does with software help and other partners like Paradigm do with manual effort. Alternatively, a better solution is to push aggregators to use standard metrics for measuring usage.
Please join Michelle, and fellow panelists Peter Potter, Katie Rokakis, and Lily Simmons at AUPresses to discuss how data can tell the story of book publishing in the university press community. Their panel will be held Monday, June 15th at 10:45am PT. See you there!