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<p class="MsoNormal">We try to map irregular usage metrics to the COUNTER metric that is most similar, with the caveat that it is non-COUNTER. Something like this, I might consider reporting as “Total Investigations”, if I could verify that a ‘hit’ is similar
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<p class="MsoNormal">You might also ask if they could report the # of sessions.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Eril-l <eril-l-bounces@lists.eril-l.org> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Electronic Resources in Libraries discussion list via Eril-l<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 5, 2024 4:24 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> eril-l@lists.eril-l.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXT] [Eril-l] Alt Usage Stats<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA">Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">I hope you can help me with an issue. We have a specialized eresource and the vendor is not able to provide any other usage stats except hits from our IP addresses. They state that the average user tends to record 10
hits per session. Have you ever encountered this type of usage reporting and how would you interpret it?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Ingrid<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Ingrid Moisil<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Bibliothèque de l’Université d’Ottawa | uOttawa Library<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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