[WEB4LIB] Collecting Stats.

[Dan Lester]

At 11:15 AM 10/26/99 -0700, Ed Veal wrote:
>I am interested in finding our what different library report. We are going 
>to start reporting stats from our web site, however we are not sure what 
>to report. We use WebTrends software to produce our reports. We are 
>thinking of reporting the "User Sessions" insted of "Hits". What do you think?

I'd report both in a management summary.  Plus a number of other 
things.  I'd also count and report page views, as those are much more 
meaningful than hits (or, add a couple graphics to your homepage and 
greatly increase your "usage").  What is most viewed, and why?  What isn't 
used and why?

Take a look at http://library.boisestate.edu/statslink/index.htm to see 
what we report.  Yes, your needs and interests will be different.

I'd be glad to discuss this further, either on or off list, as this is one 
of my pet topics.

dan

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