Anselm
We have only once noticed an increase of that proportion, some years ago
now. We were sufficiently concerned to raise it with the publisher and
one of their technical people was able to give us an IP address that was
continually downloading articles for days on end. We eventually traced
the activity to a researcher who was by this time no longer employed by
the university and had returned overseas. He had downloaded complete
runs of three or four titles. The usage stats were correct but it was
not normal use.
Stephen Drake, Resource Management Librarian,
University of Ulster,
Shore Road,
Newtownabbey,
BT37 0QB
+44(0)28 9036 8181
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Subject: [lis-e-resources] USAGE STATISTICS
Dear Colleagues,
I wonder if any of you are completely mystified by the usage statistics
you get for your e-resources.
Statistics from one of e-book platforms for 2010 showed that one third
of "requests" for the year came in September, when students are not
here, and that this was three times the number of requests in any other
month. This was completely at odds with the previous year's statistics
which should a usage pattern that we would expect: a bump of interest
near the beginning of the year, a slump and then feverish activity
towards the end of the second semester.
Likewise, on one of our journal platforms the 2010 figures for the first
three months were completely out of kilter with the years before or
after.
Once again, this was by a factor of three to one! When we made
enquiries about these abnormal figures we were told they were absolutely
correct, though I can think of no logical reason why they should vary so
much from month to month or year to year.
Has anyone else noticed the same sort of inconsistencies?
Anselm
Anselm Nye
Resources & Collections Manager
Main Library
Queen Mary, University of London
LONDON E1 4NS
020 7882 7378
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