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Project MUSE Update

1. Overview and Context

This procedure updates the JSTOR_Country and JSTOR_InstitutionPROJECT_MUSE2 table in the SQL Database.

2. Triggers

The execution of this procedure is usually triggered by

3. Steps to Be Performed

3.1 Download

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broken.Click So"Reports Logan InStatistics – Usage Statistics" in tothe JSTOR,top menu. Click "Run Statistics," then "Data Export." Enter the pertinent year, month, select "country" "institution," and selected"CSV," then click "PublisherSubmit." Reports" from the upper right admin drop down menu.

You need both the Book Usage by Country and by Institution reports.

JSTOR delivers XLSX files.

    3.2 Clean

    3.2.1

    Project CountryMUSE Reportdelivers CSV files, but they don't contain proper date column. Also, commas inside editor columns create errors in displaying the CSV.

    • Open in LibreOffice (make sure to set encoding to UTF-8)
    • ChangeAppend Reporting1 Periodcolumn Totalto intothe left, add date in YYYY-MM-01 format
    • Delete tablecolumn headerP rows.
    "punctum Save as text CSV, comma-delimited

    3.2.2 Institution Report

      Open in LibreOffice
      Change Reporting Period Total into YYYY-MM-01 format
      books" Delete table header rows. SaveCheck asall textrows CSV,have comma-delimitedproper
      column count (because of comma issue)

      3.3 Upload

      • Upload Country report into phpMyAdmin table "JSTOR_Country"
      Upload Institution report into phpMyAdmin table "JSTOR_Institution"PROJECT_MUSE2"

      4. Additional Information

      5. Document Control

      Document ID PRO-037
      Document Owner Vincent
      Version 1.0
      Last Date of Change March 26, 2026
      Next Review Due Date
      Version & Change Tracking