Knowledge Unlatched (KU), a Wiley brand, is collaborating with LibLynx to enhance the delivery of comprehensive usage analytics for Open Access (OA) scholarly publications. LibLynx’s innovative Touchstone analytics solution, developed in partnership with PSI Metrics, will enable libraries worldwide to assess the impact of thousands of OA titles made available through KU’s library crowdfunding initiatives.
“We’re delighted to partner with LibLynx, whose expertise ensures we can deliver this crucial information to our global partners effectively.” Olaf Ernst, Chief Solution Officer within Wiley
As a global leader in curating and supporting the publishing of peer-reviewed OA content, KU works with publishers and libraries to make scholarly works freely accessible. Over 5,000 titles are available across platforms such as JSTOR, Project MUSE, OAPEN, and the Open Research Library (ORL). The ability to aggregate and analyze usage data from these platforms is critical for libraries to evaluate the local and global impact of these publications effectively.
Through this partnership, LibLynx will implement a data pipeline for KU, capable of collecting, standardizing, and enriching usage event data from partner platforms. The solution will provide real-time, customizable dashboards and detailed analytics reports tailored to the needs of libraries, institutional partners, and authors.
“Measuring the impact of OA publications for institutions and researchers has always been an integral part of what we do,” said Olaf Ernst, Chief Solution Officer within Wiley. “We’re delighted to partner with LibLynx, whose expertise ensures we can deliver this crucial information to our global partners effectively.”
The analytics will give libraries granular insights into their content’s usage, including data on the organizational origin of readership and engagement by title, country, organizational type, and subject area. Data can be accessed online or exported as PDFs and spreadsheets for further analysis.
“OA usage analytics are becoming increasingly complex as publishers broaden accessibility across multiple platforms,” said John Corkery, Client Engagement Director at LibLynx. “Our plug-and-play solution enables facilitators like KU to provide unified, actionable reporting for their institutional stakeholders.”
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About LibLynx: LibLynx provides flexible Identity, Access Management, and Analytics solutions to online resource providers and libraries. We make identity & access as simple as possible and as secure as necessary and deliver insightful analytics that are on-demand and in real time. We mitigate the risks of fraud and managing personal data. Our cloud native applications are technology and platform independent, with an architecture designed to simplify integration and facilitate customization.
About Knowledge Unlatched: Knowledge Unlatched, a Wiley brand, offers free access to scholarly content for readers and researchers around the world. Its crowdfunding Open Access models and initiatives provide libraries worldwide with a central place to support the publishing of Open Access content from leading publishers in a wide range of HSS and STEM disciplines.
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