From: "Brian C. Gray" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2018 20:34:32 -0400 We use #2: number of alumni registered with the library to use such access, Brian Brian C. Gray Team Leader, Research Services Librarian: Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and Macromolecular Science & Engineering Email: [log in to unmask] Kelvin Smith Library 201-K Research Guides & Profile: http://researchguides.case.edu/briangray ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8296-6890 Case Western Reserve University Kelvin Smith Library 11055 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44106-7151 Phone: (216) 368-8685 Fax: (216) 368-3669 Personal Librarian & First Year Experience Library Conference 3rd National Conference: March 21-22, 2018 https://researchguides.case.edu/3rdPersonalLibrarianFirstYearExperience On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 8:33 PM LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > From: Jennifer Hill <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2018 16:54:36 +0000 > > Hello, > > > > For those who negotiate access to licensed databases/collections for > alumni at your institutions, what number do you give vendors when asked how > many alumni? > > > > We have a few different numbers, which all tell a different story: > > · Total number of alumni (huge number) > > · Total alumni with valid email addresses in our system (we use > email addresses to validate users into the alumni library. This number > would capture alumni that could use the alumni library) > > · Number of active alumni who have logged into the site over the > last one or two years (better represents active alumni users, but not full > picture of all alumni that could potentially access databases) > > I ended up going with #2. Thoughts? I wanted to check with others to hear > your perspectives on which number(s) you report out. > > > > Thanks! > > Jennifer > > Jennifer Hill > Distance Education Librarian/Electronic Resources Manager > Entrepreneurial Library Program <http://elp.library.jhu.edu/> > The Sheridan Libraries > Johns Hopkins University > 5801 Smith Ave.| Baltimore, MD 21209 > 410-735-4202| [log in to unmask] >