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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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2009
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ866958 |
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- Improving Usage Statistics Processing for a Library Consortium: The Virtual Library of Virginia's Experience Matthews, Tansy E. Electronic Libraries Databases Statistics Statistical Studies Program Descriptions Consortia Database Management Systems Information Processing Use Studies Users (Information) Library Networks Library Services Library Development Academic Libraries This article describes the development of the Virtual Library of Virginia (VIVA). The VIVA statistics-processing system remains a work in progress. Member libraries will benefit from the ability to obtain the actual data from the VIVA site, rather than just the summaries, so a project to make these data available is currently being planned. The process of loading the sourcedata into the Access database remains problematic, as changes to the sourcedata must then be corrected in the database as well, if the data have already been loaded. Overall, however, the revisions to statistics management have been extremely successful, and the initial goals for the project have been met: Both the investment of staff time and the margin for human error have been reduced, and the ability to quickly produce usage reports spanning several years has proven extremely useful. Additionally,the new reporting format has been received positively by VIVA members, and it is now possible to provide more data, such as monthly title level usage, than was previously possible, in a more flexible manner. (Contains 3 figures and 1 note.)