Our database statistics have tumbled over the past year.
Would anyone like to wager educated guesses as to why?
GOA9: Progress Report
2 days ago
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
MEEBO Me
My Blog List
-
-
-
Every person their book4 days ago
-
-
-
Library Technology Conference12 years ago
-
-
Widget Panel
ILibrarian
Labels
- professional development
- marketing
- ALA
- conferences
- "Web 2.0"
- assessment
- circulation
- collection development
- reference
- information literacy
- internet
- plagiarism
- workshops
- creative signage
- display
- faculty
- staff
- "social networking"
- Success Strategies
- Virtual Reference
- apa
- blog
- database
- demonstration
- instructors
- kudos
- reading
- videos
- workshop
- "about me"
- "student orientation"
- Annual Conference 2009
- Library catalog
- MLA
- Meebo
- Privacy
- RSS
- Research
- Web 2.0 Blogs
- Wikipedia
- blogs
- book club
- career
- cataloging
- chat reference
- collaborating
- ebooks
- faculty training
- fun
- librarian
- open workshops
- pictures
- programs
- retention
- social bookmarking
- study skills
- study-a-thon
- tutorial
- "study tools"
- 2009 NDLA Annual Conference
- Common Craft
- Constitution Day
- Google books
- Harvard
- High School
- Hispanic Heritage Month
- IDs
- ILS
- Jaws
- MILE
- Minnesota Library Association
- OPAC
- Pillars of the Earth
- Publishers
- Publishing
- TLC
- WorldCat
- article
- assignment calculator
- assistive services
- banned books
- board game
- business
- campus participation
- contest
- copyright
- database vendors freebies
- disabilities
- disruptive patrons
- diversity
- earth day
- evaluating
- exam cram
- extra credit
- eye contact
- finals
- fitness blog
- gaming
- graduation rates
- information
- intellectual freedom
- international students
- interns
- jing
- job
- law library
- leadership
- liaison
- librarianship blog
- mentor center
- noise
- online education
- outlines
- paralegal
- pop culture
- popular culture
- resolutions
- sources
- stephen's lighthouse
- table of contents
- technology
- unshelved
- video games
- webinar
3 comments:
I need a little timeline refresher. I know that we changed to authentication through the portal in August 2006. When did we add LIRN databases outside of Minnesota? When did the new look to the library page take effect? (April 2007?)
There was a slight decline from 1st quarter to 2nd. What changes were instituted Jan. through March?
When did the new page layout go into effect? April? That coincides with a large drop. As much as I hate to say it, I think students are not sure where to go to get to the databases. When they're there, they don't know which database to choose.
An instructor told me the library page was missing some of the database we had had before the new page rolled out in April. He wondered where the LIRN databases were. He had gotten so used to the click-path he used to take prior to our new library page that he couldn't find the databases he wanted. I think he was also used to the icons from LIRN, such as the green apple for Health and Wellness. He's a promoter of database usage, so that's worrisome to me.
When it comes to online students, I think a potential cause of statistical decline could be misdirection. I've encountered a couple online classes where the link to library resources was given as the old intranet page from way back. (Emily, I already told you about those, and they've been fixed.)
Emily, can you give us more information and stats? If anything, it seems like database usage should be increasing! It's odd... I really thought our website was getting easier to use - not harder!!!
Post a Comment