From: John Barnett <jbarnett_at_gettysburg.edu>
Hi all,
I am wondering whether any libraries out there have developed a "tracking
sheet" for database usage statistics. I want to develop a similar checklist
for our library, a list that will track where to go for a particular
database's usage statistics, what sorts of data is available, how often the
data is available, how the data is delivered, administrative passwords, etc.
A couple of years ago I went to a preconference on developing such an
internal system, one that could be done in an Excel spreadsheet. Now I am
tasked with developing said checklist. (Oh how those preconferences come
back to haunt you . . . . :-) )
If any of you have experience with developing and using this type of
system, I would welcome hearing from you. If you have other ideas on how to
do this, I'd welcome hearing about those as well.
Basically, my goal here is to be able to lay my hands on the statistics
when we need them for database evaluation, without having to constantly
retrieve and collate. Wishful thinking perhaps, but there you have it.
Many thanks.
John
John Barnett
Director of Collection Development, Musselman Library
Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325
Tel.: 717.337.7011
Fax: 717.337.7001
Email: <mailto:jbarnett_at_gettysburg.edu>jbarnett_at_gettysburg.edu
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Received on Tue Sep 20 2005 - 18:21:05 EDT