[LIBRARYDIR] counting usage stats for LibGuides

[Mindy Coslor]

Thanks Lauri,

 

That’s a big help.  I have librarians who want us to start adding the LibGuides stats into other stats and I wanted a sense of what others are doing.

 

Mindy

 

Mindy Coslor

Director of Library Services

Skagit Valley College

mcoslor at skagit.edu

 

Celebrating the Skagit Spirit

 

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Subject: Re: [LIBRARYDIR] counting usage stats for LibGuides

 

Mindy,

 

We do count these statistics but we don't combine them with reference. We view Libguides as an extension of our instruction and often pair those statistics with our instruction statistics but keep them separate. We have adopted libguides in a big way at our campus and they get a lot of useage. We have some that are directed just for faculty, some of which we have been asked to prepare that support faculty professional development, so libguides are also a part of our campus outreach and campus collaborations as well as instruction.




 

 

 

 

On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 5:06 PM, Mindy Coslor <Mindy.Coslor at skagit.edu> wrote:

 

Hi everyone,

 

Are any of you counting your LibGuide usage stats in reference or instruction tallies?  We’ve starting talking about whether the LibGuide stats represent substitute instruction sessions or possibly reference transaction sessions.  This seems outside of those two counts to me, but I’d be interested in learning how others view this.

 

Thanks,

Mindy

 

Mindy Coslor

Director of Library Services

Skagit Valley College

mcoslor at skagit.edu

 

Celebrating the Skagit Spirit

 


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