[Nhcoll-l] Effect of Global Database Inclusion on Loan Requests

[David A. Bloom]

Sarah, et al.

Your questions are good ones and we, at VertNet, are currently working with
at least one collection to see what, if any, results are a consequence of
joining a network such as FishNet.  In fact, your question has prompted us
to look to expand our group of institutions in our so-far-informal study.

Certainly, we have lots of anecdotal information from collections that
their use and exposure has increased, just as Andy and Nelson have
suggested.  Some of those collections have documentation to prove it,
others do not, so we have undertaken to make certain that a sampling of
collections ready to join VertNet are keeping good records on metrics such
as loan requests, visits to the collections, and phone inquiries prior to
inclusion in the data network, as well as tracking the same things after
inclusion.

We hope that we'll be able to publish a short paper on our results in the
future.

best,
dave

VertNet Coordinator


On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 3:58 PM, Rios, Nelson E <nrios at tulane.edu> wrote:

>  Sarah,
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> I too have also noticed an increase in our loans since our
> collections went online over a decade ago.  Our loan numbers fluctuate
> quite a bit from year to year and we have been online for so long, that its
> hard to quantify the effect. Like Andy, we too have seen more interest from
> internationals. Maybe a 20% increase overall, though the biggest impact has
> been the reduction of general information requests that we would
> otherwise have to handle. Most people now get our data through FishNet et
> al. and we rarely have to compile and send out spreadsheets to people
> anymore.
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>
>
> Nelson
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>
>
> *Nelson E. Rios**
> Biodiversity Informatics Manager*
> *Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute <http://www.tubri.org/>
> Belle Chasse, LA 70037*
> *E-mail address: nrios at tulane.edu
> Voice: 504-394-1711
> Fax: 504-394-5045*
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> *From:* nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu [
> nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] on behalf of Sarah K. Huber [
> skhuber at vims.edu]
>
> *Sent:* Friday, January 04, 2013 2:11 PM
> *To:* nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
> *Subject:* [Nhcoll-l] Effect of Global Database Inclusion on Loan Requests
>
>    We are hoping to upload our collection database to FishNet2 in the
> coming months, and I was wondering if anyone has any data about the effect
> of inclusion in these types of global databases on loan requests. After
> adding a collection database to a global databse (e.g., FishNet2, HerpNET,
> ORNIS, etc.), did loan requests noticeably increase? If so, does anyone
> have any data indicating the percent increase?
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>
> Many thanks,
>
> Sarah
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>
>
> Sarah K. Huber, Ph.D.
> Research Assistant Professor of Biology and Marine Science
> Collection Manager, VIMS Ichthyology Collection
> 804.684.7285
> skhuber at vims.edu | www.vims.edu
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