<div dir="ltr">Good morning!<div><br></div><div>Could anyone help us decipher Economist usage statistics? We have a group subscription with the Economist, and the usage data they provided looks different than it has in the past. We received a spreadsheet of usage data with the following headings (I included some example numbers to help illustrate):</div><div><br></div><div><table class="gmail-MsoTableGrid" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;border:none">
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</tbody></table></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">We asked for clarification on these headings, and per the Economist's customer support, "Members refers to the people that actually activated their access to the subscription, Volume refers to the number of frequent users (users that average @ reading 3+ articles per month) and Licences refer to the number of licences purchased."</span><br></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">This left us even more confused! Could anyone help us understand these stats or provide a different explanation of these headings?</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Many thanks for your help!<br>Laura</span></div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Laura Spradlin<br>Electronic Resources & Systems Librarian<div>The Ames Library<br>Illinois Wesleyan University</div><div>(309) 556-3144<br><a href="mailto:lspradli@iwu.edu" target="_blank">lspradli@iwu.edu</a><br><i>(she/her/hers)</i></div></div></div></div></div></div>