Subscription services provider Swets, Netherlands, has announced that following an enthusiastic reception at a pre-launch event at ALA Midwinter, SwetsWise Selection Support, a decision support service, has entered into its beta testing phase. The tool seeks to combine customers' usage statistics with their subscription holdings and pricing information. This results in a fully integrated price-per-use overview for collection analysis, with the flexibility to include additional customer-specific data.
SwetsWise Selection Support is claimed to contain an intelligent combination of price and usage information that will revolutionise the way libraries view and report on the true value of their collection. The objective data included in the tool is seen to provide librarians with a reliable basis from which to make sound, informed purchase decisions, ensuring that the available budget is spent in the most appropriate manner.
The new service utilises an award-winning technology behind the ScholarlyStats platform to collect usage statistics and integrates this data with the extensive subscription details and price information stored in SwetsWise Subscriptions. Reporting is available at account and consortium levels, as well as customised reporting. Holdings and price information will be automatically maintained and updated by SwetsWise, including any new subscriptions. Customer-specific fields may be added, along with free text and file uploads, offering a high level of flexibility. These reports will help customers to fully analyse their entire subscription spend and make better informed decisions.
