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Analytics: Getting to Know Our Users
Who is using OLS systems like the CUNY Catalog (Aleph), OneSearch, Academic Works, and this blog? What devices are being used to access our sites? OLS wants to provide these and many other valuable answers. Most of the OLS library systems have some built-in reporting ability. Unfortunately, these systems are separate silos of information, not easily related […]
Impact of Primo on SFX
A few weeks ago, we (OLS staff) discussed ways in which the impact of Primo on other systems and environments could be illustrated. A good place to start with is SFX, since it’s so heavily involved in creating fulltext links in Primo. So one way to measure Primo’s impact on SFX is to count the […]
The Current State of E-Resource Usage Data in Libraries
Here’s an informative and sobering assessment of employing COUNTER (via SUSHI or not) stats for accurately measuring cost per use at the platform/database/journal level… It’s not a pretty picture. Welker, J. (2012). Counting on COUNTER: The current state of e-resource usage data in libraries. Computers in Libraries, 32(9). Retrieved from http://www.infotoday.com/cilmag/nov12/Welker–Counting-on-COUNTER.shtml. Thanks to Roland for […]
