TY - JOUR AU - O'Hara, Lisa PY - 2012/12/11 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Collection Usage Pre- and Post-Summon Implementation at the University of Manitoba Libraries JF - Evidence Based Library and Information Practice JA - EBLIP VL - 7 IS - 4 SE - Research Articles DO - 10.18438/B8DK70 UR - https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/eblip/index.php/EBLIP/article/view/12166 SP - 25-34 AB - Objectives – This study examines the use of print and electronic collections both before and after implementation of Summon at the University of Manitoba Libraries. Summon is a web-scale discovery service which allows discovery of all of the materials the library owns or has access to from a simple search box on the library’s web page.<br><br>Methods – COUNTER statistics were used to determine database, e-journal, and e-book statistics, including database search statistics (DR1) from the COUNTER Database Report 1, full-text article downloads from the COUNTER Journal Report 1 (JR1), and successful section search requests from the COUNTER Book Report 2 (BR2) for electronic resources. Sirsi, the University of Manitoba’s integrated library system, provided statistics on checkouts for the libraries’ circulating print monograph and serial collections. The percentage change from the pre-Summon implementation period to the post-Summon implementation period was calculated and these numbers were used to determine whether usage had increased or decreased for both print and electronic collections.<br><br>Results – As expected, searches in citation databases decreased because searches were no longer being carried out in the native database as the metadata from the database is included in Summon. E-journal usage increased dramatically and e-book usage also increased for four of six providers examined. Print usage decreased, but the results were inconclusive.<br><br>Conclusions – Summon implementation had a favourable impact on collection usage. ER -