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- | ====== Usage Statistics for Electronic Resources - A Rationale for Collecting Data UMass Amherst Libraries (August 1996) ====== | + | ====== PAGE OUTDATED ARCHIVED ====== |
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+ | === Usage Statistics for Electronic Resources - A Rationale for Collecting Data UMass Amherst Libraries (August 2006) === | ||
===== Overview ===== | ===== Overview ===== | ||
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* Selector – as noted in the order record | * Selector – as noted in the order record | ||
* Access terms – ie. site license or # of seats | * Access terms – ie. site license or # of seats | ||
- | * Sessions – per COUNTER, “A successful request of an online service. It is one cycle of user activities that typically starts when a user connects to the service or database and ends by terminating activity that is either explicit ... or implicit.” | + | * Sessions – per COUNTER, “A successful request of an online service. It is one cycle of user activities that typically starts when a user connects to the service or database and ends by terminating activity that is either explicit ... or implicit.” **This is being eliminated in Code of Practice Release 4 to be replaced by Record Views for databases** |
+ | * Record Views - per COUNTER Release 4, "A Successful Request for a database record that has originated from a set of search results, from browsing the database, or from a click on another database record. (Only full database records may be counted, not Previews of Records)." Found in DB1 reports | ||
* Searches – per COUNTER, “A specific intellectual query, typically equated to submitting the search form of the online service to the server” | * Searches – per COUNTER, “A specific intellectual query, typically equated to submitting the search form of the online service to the server” | ||
- | * Item requests – per COUNTER, “number of items requested by user as result of search ... requests include viewing, downloading, emailing and printing of items ...” | + | * Item requests – per COUNTER, “number of items requested by user as result of search ... requests include viewing, downloading, emailing and printing of items ...”. Found in JR1 reports. |
* Turnaways – only if access is limited to # of seats; otherwise “Not Applicable” | * Turnaways – only if access is limited to # of seats; otherwise “Not Applicable” | ||