Tony,
This sounds really useful. I'd like to register interest and I'll look
forward to hearing more details.
Cheers
Anna
At 17:11 05/07/2005 +0100, you wrote:
>Just to let everyone know that the UKSG and COUNTER are organising a
>training session/seminar on gathering, collating and interpreting usage
>statistics, particularly those that are COUNTER-compliant. There's a
>provisional date of 9 December set for this, in Oxford (the session might be
>repeated elsewhere in 2006). The meeting is planned to include some hands-on
>training, hopefully with 'real data', and will involve libraries that have
>been acting as COUNTER test sites, as well as others where there is a good
>deal of experience with handling usage statistics. More details will be
>announced when a final programme has been set up.
>
>Best wishes,
>---------------------------------------------------------
>Tony Kidd, Head of Serials/Document Delivery, Glasgow University
>Library, Hillhead Street, Glasgow G12 8QE, Scotland, U.K.
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: An informal open list set up by the UK Serials Group
>[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of C.E.Grace
>Sent: 29 June 2005 11:09
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: User Statistics Collection
>
>
>Dear Alexa
>
>Many thanks for your message. I will definitely have to arrange
>something because I think this is a very popular topic of discussion. I
>will post details to Lis-ejournals once I have done some planning
>
>Best wishes
>Claire
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: An informal open list set up by the UK Serials Group
>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Alexa Michael
>Sent: 29 June 2005 10:53
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: User Statistics Collection
>Importance: High
>
>For the attention of Clare Grace
>
>Dear Clare
>
>I work at the Information Centre at UK Trade and Investment within the
>DTI
>in London and am responsible for collecting the user statistics for the
>25
>or so online databases in our Information Centre. I have discovered that
>the
>user data is presented in a wide variety of ways and it is difficult to
>obtain a 'uniform' level of coverage. There is one database which allows
>you
>to download monthly user data direct - how many others have this
>facility?
>What is the best way of assessing not just overall usage but specific
>usage
>of a particular database(s)? I would be very happy to contribute my
>experience of user data collection and to learn how other organisations
>collect user data and organise their findings.
>
>Please let me know of any meetings you are holding over the summer, the
>venue, etc. Please note also that I will be away on holiday from Monday
>15th
>August to Monday 29th August inclusive.
>
>I look forward to hearing from you soon.
>
>Kind Regards
>
>Alexa Michael.
>
>Alexa Michael
>Deputy Manager, Information Centre
>UK Trade and Investment
>Bay 117, Kingsgate House
>66-74 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6SW
>Tel: 020 7215 2486
>E-mail: [log in to unmask]
>Web: www.uktradeinvest.gov.uk
>
>
>
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