CzechELib
Our founding partner. CELUS was designed together with the consortium, and every CzechELib member can analyse its own usage data and compare it with anonymized data from other participants.
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About CELUS
CELUS helps libraries and consortia collect, clean and analyze e-resource usage data in one place. It started in 2018 as a project for the Czech library consortium CzechELib and is developed by Big Dig Data. And you don't have to set it up alone: our team helps you get everything running.
2018
First version, built for CzechELib
~130
CzechELib member institutions
COUNTER
Technical Advisory Group member
Hands-on
Setup, SUSHI and data uploads done with you
Our story
In 2018, CzechELib, the Czech national consortium of academic libraries with around 130 member institutions and an annual e-resources budget of about $35 million, needed a better way to work with usage statistics. Big Dig Data, a Czech company that builds custom solutions for big data processing, developed CELUS for them.
The name says it all: CELUS stands for CzechELib Usage Statistics. Today, libraries, universities and consortia around the world use it to harvest COUNTER and non-COUNTER data, spot access problems and make collection decisions they can explain.
As CzechELib consortium leader, before CELUS, we had to rely on statistics supplied by e-resource providers, which were only raw data and which were often provided late. Using the same tools, all individual consortium members can analyse their own statistical data and can compare this with anonymized data from other consortium participants. The reaction to the introduction of CELUS was immediate, ranging from positive to enthusiastic.
Partners and memberships
We work closely with the organizations that shape how libraries measure and pay for e-resources.
Our founding partner. CELUS was designed together with the consortium, and every CzechELib member can analyse its own usage data and compare it with anonymized data from other participants.
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We're members of COUNTER's Technical Advisory Group and take part in developing the COUNTER Code of Practice, so we know about format changes early and keep CELUS compatible with the latest releases. COUNTER also asked us to build its Registry of COUNTER-compliant platforms, which CELUS uses to pre-fill publisher SUSHI URLs and required parameters.
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CELUS has a built-in cost analysis module for price per search or per full-text request. For in-depth cost-per-use analysis of a platform, down to title level and across your purchase history, CELUS integrates with ConsortiaManager, an ERM workflow tool for subscriptions, contracts, invoicing and price negotiations.
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CELUS stands for CzechELib Usage Statistics. It was originally built for CzechELib, the Czech national consortium of academic libraries.
CELUS is developed by Big Dig Data s.r.o., a Czech company specializing in big data processing. It started in 2018 as a project for CzechELib.
Yes, that's part of how we work. We set up your account with you, get your SUSHI credentials working, bulk upload your historical usage data and help you build the reports you need. After that, our support team is one email away.
CELUS supports COUNTER 5.1, 5 and 4 and harvests reports automatically via SUSHI. It also processes many non-COUNTER usage reports, so you can compare usage across your whole portfolio.
Yes. CELUS integrates with ConsortiaManager, so you can combine prices with usage data for in-depth cost-per-use analysis.
Yes. You can try CELUS free for 42 days. Pricing is based on the number of publisher platforms you work with.
