Hey Birdie,

I only recently became aware of a listserv called Lib-Stats.  The link to sign up can be found on this page: http://www.lib-stats.org.uk/.  There was a recent thread on tips and tricks, but I'm not sure whether or not list archives are available.

Good luck!

Katy G.

Katy Ginanni
E-Access and Serials Librarian
Elizabeth Huth Coates Library
Trinity University
San Antonio, TX 78212-7200
210-999-7613 ph.
210-999-8182 fax
katy.ginanni@trinity.edu
"The time is always right to do what is right." -- MLK, Jr.
 Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.

-----Original Message-----
From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Birdie MacLennan
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 4:08 PM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: [SERIALST] software or techniques for gathering use statistics

Hi there,

We are interested in software to help us consolidate and make more
efficient the process of gathering use statistics for our electronic
resources.  I am aware of Scholarly Stats and have read here and there
about the Standardized Usage Statistics Harvesting Initiative (SUSHI)
(are there places that have implemented this??).

I am just wondering what libraries are doing to gather usage data?
And if you have any tips or tricks or software or technology tools
that you especially like, that harvests statistical data so you don't
have to do this one resource or package at a time.

Any help or insights will be greatly appreciated.
Feel free to reply directly to the list.
I'll be happy to summarize responses, if I get enough of them.
Thanks!

--
         Birdie MacLennan
         Bailey/Howe Library            E-mail:  bmaclenn@uvm.edu
         University of Vermont           AIM/IM:   birdieatbailey
         538 Main Street                  Phone:   802-656-2016
         Burlington, VT  05405, USA         Fax:   802-656-4038
     Library Associate Professor ; Coordinator, Serials & Cataloging
                Interim Head, Collection Management Services