COUNTER & Consortia

Tansy Matthews

Virtual Library of Virginia

Charleston Conference, Nov. 2007

Where we’re coming from…

• VIVA is the consortium of non-profit higher-ed institutions in Virginia

• Members are 39 state-assisted colleges & universities

+ 33 independent colleges & universities

72 institutions

Where we’re coming from…

• Multiple campuses!!!!• The 24 community colleges are at 40 locations

55 state-assisted campuses+ 33 independent campuses 88 campuses!!!x 30 products

2640 sets of stats processed monthly

Where we’re coming from…

• Who’s doing the processing?– Me – Our Executive Assistant– Ouch!!!!

So what do we need?

• Consistency in format

• Consistency in content

• Consistency in coverage

• Consistency in delivery

• Did I mention we really need consistency?

And what else do we need?

• As little as possible

(aka maximum efficiency)– Minimal logins– Minimal files– Minimal processing

What do we get now?

There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.

Hamlet Act 1, scene 5, 159–167

Dear Santa…

All I want for Christmas this year is…

XML!!!!(but sortable spreadsheets would be OK)

Sortable spreadsheets? Whatever do you mean?

• Aren’t dependent on their formatting to maintain data

• Which means:– Pertinent information on every line– No merged cells

Isn’t it dreamy?

Institution Product Requests Date Inst_ type Data_type Vendor FYJetson Space Institute Cyborg Growth & Design 3 Sep-06 Private Full-Text Superhero Journals Press FY07Jetson Space Institute Cyborg Growth & Design 1 Nov-06 Private Full-Text Superhero Journals Press FY07Jetson Space Institute Cyborg Growth & Design 1 Feb-07 Private Full-Text Superhero Journals Press FY07John Q. Public College Cyborg Growth & Design 9 Jul-06 Public 2-YearFull-Text Superhero Journals Press FY07Oscar Mayer U Cyborg Growth & Design 9 Jul-06 Public 4-YearFull-Text Superhero Journals Press FY07Oscar Mayer U Cyborg Growth & Design 6 Nov-06 Public 4-YearFull-Text Superhero Journals Press FY07Oscar Mayer U Cyborg Growth & Design 4 Jan-07 Public 4-YearFull-Text Superhero Journals Press FY07Oscar Mayer U Cyborg Growth & Design 2 Feb-07 Public 4-YearFull-Text Superhero Journals Press FY07Whatsamatta U Cyborg Growth & Design 12 Jul-06 Doctoral Full-Text Superhero Journals Press FY07Whatsamatta U Cyborg Growth & Design 20 Aug-06 Doctoral Full-Text Superhero Journals Press FY07Whatsamatta U Cyborg Growth & Design 6 Sep-06 Doctoral Full-Text Superhero Journals Press FY07Whatsamatta U Cyborg Growth & Design 29 Oct-06 Doctoral Full-Text Superhero Journals Press FY07Whatsamatta U Cyborg Growth & Design 24 Nov-06 Doctoral Full-Text Superhero Journals Press FY07Whatsamatta U Cyborg Growth & Design 22 Dec-06 Doctoral Full-Text Superhero Journals Press FY07Whatsamatta U Cyborg Growth & Design 9 Jan-07 Doctoral Full-Text Superhero Journals Press FY07Whatsamatta U Cyborg Growth & Design 41 Feb-07 Doctoral Full-Text Superhero Journals Press FY07Jetson Space Institute Cyborg Growth & Design 1 Oct-06 Private Full-Text Superhero Journals Press FY07Jetson Space Institute Cyborg Growth & Design 31 Nov-06 Private Full-Text Superhero Journals Press FY07Jetson Space Institute Cyborg Growth & Design 3 Jan-07 Private Full-Text Superhero Journals Press FY07John Q. Public College Cyborg Growth & Design 8 Jul-06 Public 2-YearFull-Text Superhero Journals Press FY07John Q. Public College Cyborg Growth & Design 2 Aug-06 Public 2-YearFull-Text Superhero Journals Press FY07John Q. Public College Cyborg Growth & Design 2 Sep-06 Public 2-YearFull-Text Superhero Journals Press FY07John Q. Public College Journal of Cartoon Physics 1 Feb-07 Public 2-YearFull-Text Superhero Journals Press FY07Oscar Mayer U Journal of Cartoon Physics 5 Jul-06 Public 4-YearFull-Text Superhero Journals Press FY07