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Navigating Wms Analytics For The Right Data, Laura Edwards, Todd King, Kelly Smith
Navigating Wms Analytics For The Right Data, Laura Edwards, Todd King, Kelly Smith
EKU Faculty and Staff Scholarship
The presenters shared lessons learned from using OCLC WorldShare Management System (WMS) Analytics to gather statistics and data for both internal and external reporting purposes. Existing WMS reporting functionality simplifies special projects such as inventories and clean-up initiatives. However, both Collection Evaluation and Report Designer have limitations that make getting accurate collections numbers difficult due to gaps in the available data.
Piwik, Junior R. Tidal
Piwik, Junior R. Tidal
Publications and Research
Piwik is an open-source web analytics tool that can be used to track websites. This presentation outlines how to install and use Piwik for collecting data on library websites. It also examines privacy issues when using analytics tools.
Analyzing Trends In Discovery Layer Effectiveness Using High Impact Referrals, Robert Boissy
Analyzing Trends In Discovery Layer Effectiveness Using High Impact Referrals, Robert Boissy
Upstate New York Science Librarians Conference
Many competing claims have been made about the time and expense of maintaining different discovery tools in the academic library setting. Analysis of traffic, visits, and views may be inadequate data to focus this discussion. Analysis of high impact referrals, those that lead directly to downloads and denials, is more meaningful. Downloads are an indicator of worth, as are denials. This brief session will outline what a major STM publisher looks for in the profile of the discovery layer of its academic clients.
Piwik And Clickheat, Junior R. Tidal
Piwik And Clickheat, Junior R. Tidal
Publications and Research
This is a presentation on the how the New York City College of Technology's Ursula C. Schwerin Library utilizes web analytics tools to understand their users. This webinar was given to the Library Information Technology Association's Altmetrics and Digital Analytics Interest Group October 2016 online meeting.
Measuring The Impact Of The Repository And Sharing That Information With Shareholders, Aaron Doran
Measuring The Impact Of The Repository And Sharing That Information With Shareholders, Aaron Doran
Digital Commons Southeastern User Group 2016
Measuring the Impact of the Repository and Sharing that Information with Stakeholders
Learning To See: Deciding With Library Data, Cindi Trainor
Learning To See: Deciding With Library Data, Cindi Trainor
Cindi (Trainor) Blyberg
Trainor shows how to take your library beyond anecdotes to start putting the data to work and emphasizes the importance of choosing the right indicators for your dashboard. She explains how one academic library is using readily available statistics to aid in making decisions about library hours, website design, strategic planning, and collection management.