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I think our usage is more accurate with BR2. But I do check BR1 as well to share with staff -- some are interested in the titles and subject matter being downloaded. We will report it as necessary.</div>
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We have very few title downloads, but we also discourage it with students since downloading can be confusing, especially if you want to download it to a device. Also, few students really need to fully download a title -- our experience is they need a few pages
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 10, 2019 10:02 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> James C. Miller <millerjc@hollins.edu><br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Eril-l] Compiling eBook usage stats - do you include BR1 AND BR2?</font>
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<div>hi James,</div>
<div>I use BR2 (sections) to report on total use. I use BR1 (with a bit of clean up) to report on unique titles used.</div>
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Hi all,</div>
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I'm thinking of shifting away from collecting BR1 (title requests) and moving solely to providing BR2 (section/chapter requests) for annual reporting on eBook usage.</div>
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I was wondering about the consensus on the listserv. </div>
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Is there any value to including BR1 reports when providing eBook usage data?</div>
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