[Web4lib] Library statistics/assessment websites

[Carole Pilkinton]

Everyone,
Several of you suggested Joe Zucca's Data Farm...which I'm familiar with 
and can't believe I overlooked. The 'Dashboard' page for obtaining 
ejournal and database usage statistics suggests a wonderful database 
driven technique for getting the usage numbers sliced to order. Most of 
the site functionality is limited to Penn users, but the 'Penn Library 
Facts' link includes a very nice report for many key statistics. I've 
heard Joe speak a couple of times, and his Data Farm is truly an amazing 
achievement. A couple of PPs of his that I know about are available at
http://www.libqual.org/documents/admin/ZUCCAalcts05.ppt
http://www.arl.org/stats/newmeas/ala02/zucca.ppt

Thanks Paul, Amos, Danianne...
Carole



On 4/23/2006 6:21 PM Paul Bracke wrote the following:

> Carole,
> I'd highly recommend taking a look at Penn's Data Farm, at
> http://metrics.library.upenn.edu/prototype/datafarm/. I believe that 
> Joe Zucca
> has published an article or two about this project.
> Paul
>
>> From: Carole Pilkinton Date: Apr 23, 2006 9:20 AM
>> Subject: [Web4lib] Library statistics/assessment websites
>> To: web4lib at webjunction.org
>>
>> Colleagues,
>>
>> Our library is in the early stages of planning a website which will
>> pull together the various statisitical reports produced by 
>> departments that
>> may be buried in department reports or spread across a variety of
>> department and committee webpages, including summary collection and
>> expenditure trends, etc. User surveys regarding library services and
>> collections would also be good candidates for such a project.
>>
>> I'm aware of two such websites by university libraries--U Virginia,the
>> gold standard, and also a very nice site (actually two) by U Maryland
>> Libraries.
>> University of Virginia
>> http://www.lib.virginia.edu/mis/
>> University of Maryland Libraries MIS Dept
>> http://www.lib.umd.edu/CLMD/SERIALS/aboutjnlstats.html
>> http://www.lib.umd.edu/PASD/MIS/index.html
>>
>> I've seen several other libraries which post LibQual survey results
>> and
>> analyses.
>>
>> Has your library produced a similar statistics for
>> collections/services
>> website? If so, can you share the link, or is it available only on an
>> Intranet?
>> Following that thought--I'm hoping you can share your thinking about
>> making these statistics and reports publicly available rather than
>> limiting access to the university or even the library. We are
>> currently trying to decide whether there are any convincing reasons 
>> to lock
>> down
>> these statistics. Some of them are a bit sensitive since they include
>> groups of expenditures, but these are often available to others
>> through ARL, ACRL and other reporting organizations anyway. Of course it
>> will
>> be a policy decision by library management in the end, but they might
>> well be interested in how others have thought about this.
>>
>> Thanks for sharing your thoughts about this--or pointing me to
>> articles that may have discussed this kind of project, or other 
>> websites you
>> may know about.
>>
>> Carole
>>
>> -- 
>> Carole Pilkinton
>> Electronic Resources Librarian
>> pilkinton.10 at nd.edu
>> 574-631-8405
>> 205 Hesburgh Library
>> University of Notre Dame
>> Notre Dame IN 46556
>>
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Carole Pilkinton
Electronic Resources Librarian
pilkinton.10 at nd.edu
574-631-8405
205 Hesburgh Library
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame IN 46556