[Eril-l] Database usage metrics

[Smith, Kelly]

We look at Counter reports for journals and eBooks. Another angle is to look at clickthrough statistics for your link resolver – a good strategy for assessing indexing databases.

For streaming video content, we mostly just take what we can get.

Kelly Smith
Coordinator of Collections and Discovery
Eastern Kentucky University Libraries
email kelly.smith2 at eku.edu<mailto:kelly.smith2 at eku.edu> | research guides<http://libguides.eku.edu/prf.php?account_id=300>
[EKU-Libraries-Logo---Maroon]<http://www.library.eku.edu/>


From: Eril-l [mailto:eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org] On Behalf Of Tim Pellett
Sent: Friday, February 12, 2016 2:26 PM
To: eril-l at lists.eril-l.org
Subject: [Eril-l] Database usage metrics

I would like to know what metrics other libraries are using to report database usage, especially those using a discovery service. Has your library moved away from propriety reports and moved to Counter 4 or using a mixture of both for any given vendor?

Traditionally we have recorded sessions and searches but are over inflated with implementation of discovery product and no longer helpful. As a result, looking to adopt full-text and abstract views and possibly some Counter4 metrics.

Realize this is not a new problem and your situation and metrics provided and used can vary based on database vendor and discovery product.

Thanks!

--
----------------
Tim Pellett
Library Support Specialist
Maine InfoNet, University of Maine
Phone: 207.581.3086
http://support.maineinfonet.org
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.eril-l.org/pipermail/eril-l-eril-l.org/attachments/20160212/02ad34bc/attachment.html>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image001.jpg
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 1497 bytes
Desc: image001.jpg
URL: <http://lists.eril-l.org/pipermail/eril-l-eril-l.org/attachments/20160212/02ad34bc/attachment.jpg>