[WEB4LIB] Nielsen Netratings in the library

[Darryl Friesen]

> Nielsen Netratings (same as the TV ratings people, now they've gone over
to
> rating web sites) has talked to one of the faculty here about putting
their
> monitoring software on the library's public use computers. This software
would
> (ostensibly) would send information back to Nielsen for their use in
determining
> what websites are the most popular.

It would be interesting to have concrete data on how much porn (or Hotmail)
is viewed on the public machines vs. "real" academic work.

Maybe it could put to rest some arguments, or point out the need (or lack
thereof) for filters etc.  Sounds like an interesting oportunity.


- Darryl

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  Education & Research Technology Services,     http://gollum.usask.ca/
  Department of Computing Services,
  University of Saskatchewan
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