19 August 2019
Liblynx and PSI have formed a partnership to deliver real time usage metrics to organisations wanting to learn who is accessing their open access content. The new OA Usage Reporting solution works by capturing and analysing raw usage data from a publisher’s platform. The organisational source of usage is identified by matching incoming IP addresses against The IP Registry to provide organisational detail of users and geographical data for all remote use. The analysis can also identify malicious access, such as Sci-Hub downloads, by matching data to PSI’s IP Intrusion Service database.
OA usage reports will be available by title, source organisation, organisation type, and geographical location. Reports can be viewed online or downloaded from any existing website by embedding the LibLynx reporting widget. Alternatively, reports can be delivered as a data feed for ingestion into a third party analytics tool. Libraries and other information and knowledge managers will be able to access organisational usage data directly from their profile on The IP Registry.
Publishers interested in learning more should contact either party for more information.