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<p>I'm discouraged that we don't have standardized data points from software vendors. For instance, Statistical Abstracts just discontinued # of sessions and we only have retrievals. Films on Demand are tracking logins, not sessions.
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<p>I look at the number of retrievals since it seems to be the most consistent, but it would be helpful to understand the data better and how to use it. For instance, do all the databases count retrievals the same way? Would it make sense to calculate the
number of retrievals per session? Also, retrieval does not mean that the student thought the document was useful .
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<p>What about the databases that are not 100% full-text? Students may be using the citations to request interlibrary loans or search online for the documents. Many of our database reports only count full-text retrievals.</p>
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<p>I need to explore this topic a little more.<br>
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<p>Mindy</p>
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<p>Mindy Coslor, Ph.D.</p>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><b>From:</b> LIBRARYDIR <librarydir-bounces@lists.ctc.edu> on behalf of Ferrari, Ahniwa <ahniwa.ferrari@ghc.edu><br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [LIBRARYDIR] which database number?</font>
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<a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style="color:#1F497D">I prefer using “full text retrieved” or its equivalent when determining the usefulness of a database and making internal decisions to renew, reprice, etc. It is, in my opinion, the best indication of if
and when students are finding materials useful to their studies. </span></a></p>
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<span style="color:#1F497D">I’d opt for a naturally higher number if using to promote how awesome the library is to the school, ask for more money, etc. In that case I’d leverage the “searches” numbers since they are naturally the biggest.
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<b>From:</b> LIBRARYDIR [mailto:librarydir-bounces@lists.ctc.edu] <b>On Behalf Of
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, July 8, 2016 7:45 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [LIBRARYDIR] which database number?</p>
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I am curious about what number your library looks at (or reflects when asked about database use) to determine use. Databases come with numbers that reflect “sessions” and also that reflect “searches”. I am very curious which number your library focuses on and
why and how you use that number (i.e. to determine renewal, to promote to institution, to leverage more money, etc.).</p>
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Any thoughts you could share would be helpful.</p>
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Thanks</p>
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<b>Cheyenne M. Roduin</b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"></span></b></p>
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