[Eril-l] counter compliant electronic usage statistics

[Amy Lynn Fry]

Oh, absolutely.

It also happens when a resource changes vendors or a vendor changes its platform.

I think it's another indication of the care we need to take in using stats as a metric. They're indispensable - I'm getting to the point where I am really pushing back on subscribing to ANYTHING that doesn't supply stats of some kind - but they're not flawless, and therefore they have to remain just ONE thing we look at in evaluating a resource.

Amy Fry
Associate Professor, Electronic Resources Coordinator
Bowling Green State University
Jerome Library
Bowling Green, OH 43403
afry at bgsu.edu
email is the best way to reach me

From: Eril-l [mailto:eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org] On Behalf Of Jamane Yeager
Sent: Friday, August 21, 2015 9:12 AM
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Subject: [Eril-l] counter compliant electronic usage statistics

Has anyone seen a difference in the statistics you were collecting before vendors went to counter compliant? For example a vendors' search numbers were very high in one year, and almost one half that the next year. Your help would be appreciated.


H. Jamane Yeager
Electronic Access Librarian
Belk Library
Elon University
2550 Campus Box
Elon, NC 27320
336-278-6576


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