Lessons learned from analyzing library database usage data

Library Hi Tech - Tập 23 Số 4 - Trang 598-609 - 2005
Karen A.Coombs1
1University of Houston Libraries, Houston, Texas, USA

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to describe a project undertaken at SUNY Cortland to develop a system that would collect electronic resource usage data in a consistent manner and allow SUNY Cortland to assess this data over several years.Design/methodology/approachThe project used data gathered from EZProxy server log files to examine usage of the library's electronic resources.FindingsThrough examining the usage data the library discovered that users were utilizing particular types of resources, from specific physical locations, and accessing those resources from specific pages in the library's web site.Originality/valueBy examining usage data for electronic resources, libraries can learn more than which resources are being used. Usage data can give libraries insight into where, when, how, and possibly why their users are accessing electronic resources.

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