Library Quarterly Report FY19 Q1: July-Sept 2018

Database Usage

Use of library subscription databases showed healthy increases again this quarter, continuing an upward trend that has seen successive gains for the past three quarters. During that run, combined database use climbed from 3,157 to 3,316 downloads a year to date increase of 6%. ASTM Compass, Knovel, and Books24x7 (whose interface was recently improved) remain the library's most used databases, but this quarter we saw a steep rise in the number of "clickthroughs" in the library's online catalog to publicly accessible documents. That would not be possible without ongoing professional catalog maintenance by Gil Kenner in the Technical Services department.

Subscription Downloads
The Library continues to expand access to resources through "self-service" online subscription databases. We provide 13 subscription databases to VDOT employees (12 of which are "full text" resources). Because we serve the all of VDOT, we have seen a steady increase in usage. Tables here show downloads per month (below) by database, and the trend over the past 12 months (right), which has held steady at just over 1,000 downloads a month.

Subscription database usage FY19 Q1: October 2017-September 2018

Subscription Downloads By VDOT: FY19 Q1
	July	August	September	Total
ASTM Compass	433	368	321	1,122
Non-Subscription Downloads (Library Catalog)	166	192	189	547
Books 24x7	173	223	110	506
Knovel	157	155	167	479
ASCE	88	129	163	380
TRR	24	68	30	122
EBSCO eBooks	18	20	21	59
*Other (miscellaneous journals)	12	12	17	41
ScienceDirect	18	1	5	24
EBSCO Business Book Summaries	9	2	13	24
EBSCO Business Source Corporate Plus	1	2	9	12
Monthly Totals	1,099	1,172	1,045	3,316

Note: Miscellaneous resources includes International Journal of Pavement Engineering, Corrosion and Road Materials and Pavement Design.

Library Quarterly Report FY19 Q1: July-Sept 2018

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