New discs for version 17 of SPSS are now available. These have the new code on them and instructions for downloading the software. They are available for loan from the main library desk on the ground floor in the Brayford library. There is one available at Riseholme and more are being processed for both Riseholme and Holbeach. [...]
Archive for the ‘statistics’ tag
New version of SPSS imminent
We are soon to get version 17 or 18 of SPSS. We are just waiting for confirmation while ICT negotiate with academic staff as to whether they get version 17 or wait a short while for version 18. There is a big difference between version 14 and 17 but not so much between 17 and 18. I will receive a pdf [...]
E-book usage – end of term report
I’ve finally got a year’s worth of e-book usage data from both the ebrary and MyiLibrary platforms. I’ve been commenting on the growth in usage throughout the year (since Michelle formally launched ebrary Academic Complete back in January), so here (without comment) are all the stats from August 2008 and July 2009. MyiLibrary (user [...]
It’s Athens stats time again
The usage data for Athens authentication sessions for the 2nd quarter of 2009 are now available on the L&LR staff Portal. The initial impression is a promising one: overall usage via Athens is up 11% on the same period last year. However, this figure masks some unusual features – while authentication via Athens to the [...]
E-books now account for one in four UoL library “loans”
As I reported in March, a comparison of Horizon issue stats and e-book ‘sessions’ shows that use of our e-books is going up. I now have the e-book usage data (ebrary + MyiLibrary) and print circulation stats (all 4 sites, desk and self-issue) for April 2009, and the usage of e-books shows no sign of [...]
Athens stats for Jan-Feb-Mar ’09
The Athens stats for the first quarter of 2009 are in, and they’re on the Portal now for L&LR colleagues to view. No great surprises in store – though the graph [below] does suggest a sharper-than-usual fall from 2008/4 to 2009/1. Perhaps we should expect this as a feature of higher usage at peak periods: [...]
1 in 8 library books “borrowed” are now “e”
Interesting visualisation of how the increase in our e-book usage is almost exactly offsetting the drop in issues. For every seven paper books issued between Aug ’08 – Feb ’09, roughly one session with an e-book took place. This includes data from both MyiLibrary and ebrary (which we only really launched in January ’09, so [...]
Athens – I was right (give or take a thousand)
My prediction was that our quarterly Athens usage would hit 90,000 for Oct-Nov-Dec 2008. I wasn’t far off. Actual figure = 89,183. Overall usage is up by 32% on the same quarter last year. Three databases/services in particular have shown massive jumps: IHS Technical Indexes (presumably because we now have access to the Construction Information Service); [...]
Tracking the growth of L&LR blogs
There are around 15 subscribers to this, the L&LR staff blog (average over the last 7 days), according to FeedBurner, with an average ‘reach‘ (people actively engaging with the content – clicking on links, listening to audio, etc.) of 2. Our public, student-facing news blog, on the other hand, has “only” 12 subscribers (7-day average), [...]
All the Athens stats you can eat!
Further to my posting on Friday, here are our quarterly Athens totals from the start of 2003. Year-Quarter Total Athens usage 2003-1 2,364 2003-2 16,418 2003-3 473 2003-4 5,061 2004-1 3,184 2004-2 0 2004-3 107 2004-4 994 2005-1 18,607 2005-2 12,090 2005-3 5,484 2005-4 41,923 2006-1 34,307 2006-2 15,531 2006-3 6,245 2006-4 44,341 2007-1 39,526 2007-2 [...]
