Database Usage
Subscription database use as measured by full-text downloads continued a steady uphill climb for the fourth quarter in a row, reaching its highest point since we started recording that metric in 2006, a total of 4,396 downloads. The 5-year average has been around 3,310/quarter. Leading all resources (as is typically the case) was ASTM Compass, followed by Transportation Research Record, Knovel and Skillsoft Books. As noted in this quarter's Spotlight, we conducted a trial of four new content categories in Knovel but despite that fact did not see much of a spike in usage of that resource. Should we add any of those collections we plan to redouble promotional efforts for Knovel (as a whole) and if we do that we would expect to see a subsequent uptick in usage metrics.
| Subscription Downloads By VDOT: FY23 Q2 | ||||
| October | November | December | Total | |
| ASTM Compass | 892 | 675 | 902 | 2,469 |
| Transportation Research Record | 195 | 116 | 223 | 534 |
| Knovel | 133 | 198 | 199 | 530 |
| Skillsoft Books | 129 | 157 | 133 | 419 |
| ASCE Library | 91 | 62 | 80 | 233 |
| Non-Subscription Downloads (Library Catalog) | 21 | 64 | 16 | 101 |
| Miscellaneous Journals | 4 | 8 | 29 | 41 |
| ScienceDirect | 14 | 3 | 8 | 25 |
| * EBSCO eBooks | 14 | 3 | 8 | 25 |
| EBSCO Business Book Summaries | 0 | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| EBSCO Business Source Corporate Plus | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Monthly Totals | 1,497 | 1,293 | 1,606 | 4,396 |
* The EBSCO eBooks category combines three EBSCO eBook collections: Harvard Business Review Press, BussinessCore and EngineeringCore.
** The Miscellaneous journals category includes journals from the ICE Virtual Library collection, Taylor & Francis, ACI and Corrosion.
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