<div dir="ltr">Hi All,<div><br></div><div>Everyone should a look at USUS: the web site for Counter stats discussions. The changes to database search reports with Release 4 are well discussed here along with what potentially to count instead of searches.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.usus.org.uk/">http://www.usus.org.uk/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>All the best,</div><div><br></div><div>Jill</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 9:59 AM, Athena Hoeppner <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:athena@ucf.edu" target="_blank">athena@ucf.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Yes, for UCF as well. Since COUNTER 4 our DB1 dropped slightly for most database and significantly for our discovery system.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Steve Oberg<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, May 03, 2015 11:46 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Eril-l] search statistics<u></u><u></u></div></div><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Same here, although it’s been a pattern for more than two years, i.e. prior to adoption of COUNTER R4. I don’t know this for sure but one
plausible reason in our case for lower search stats is the increased variety of databases and sources we offer our users. We’ve added a lot of new content over the past three years and our Databases A-Z list has grown tremendously.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">At the same time, we have made WorldCat Local our default library catalog for users. We redesigned our website two years ago to feature
a simple search box that uses WorldCat Local, and I think this plays a huge role in our usage stats. The default search goes against a pre-selected, small list of databases and I think this might in turn squeeze out other databases in terms of use. In other
words, I’m not sure as many people are turning to a list such as Databases A-Z as they might have done previously. And even though WorldCat Local allows users to add/remove databases, and the list of potential adds is long, I doubt our users make much use
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<b>Date: </b>Saturday, May 2, 2015 at 8:00 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>'Lois O'Neill', "<a href="mailto:'Eril-l@lists.eril-l.org" target="_blank">'Eril-l@lists.eril-l.org</a>'"<br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [Eril-l] search statistics<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#002164">Yes, we experienced the same, and we think they are more accurate now. The former search stats seemed unreasonably high.</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> Eril-l [<a href="mailto:eril-l-bounces@lists.eril-l.org" target="_blank">mailto:eril-l-bounces@lists.eril-l.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Lois O'Neill<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, May 02, 2015 8:59 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:Eril-l@lists.eril-l.org" target="_blank">Eril-l@lists.eril-l.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Eril-l] search statistics</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Hi all,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">We have noticed a drop in the number of database searches for the past academic year, from 9/13 to 8/14. I'm wondering if the lower search count (e.g. in Database Report 1) is related to the switch to counter 4. Has anyone else experienced
a lower search count? If so, do you find a connection to the switch to counter 4?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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