[Publib] E-use down?

[Fred Beisser]

Sara,

Please help me understand the -40,000 downturn.....what percentage is 
that from the prior year total?  What is the current year use? And is 
the -40,000 for the total of all categories or for any web visit as it 
appears from the context of your posting?

Fred Beisser
Trustee
www.elbertcountylibrary.org
(Colorado)

Sara Weissman wrote:
> Any one else seeing downturns in e-use of the library? web visits, database use, 
> e-reference, etc., etc?  We are ..  e-ref, after leaping growth over 4 (straight) years, 
> looks as if it will be down sharply for 2008. (Yes, we've done the Meebo trials, etc.)  
> Database use limps along and web visits [not including catalog visits] are down 
> (tracking to -40,000 for the year, but we've improved access with better 
> megatagging and a Google site search, so think some of that is improved first 
> pass retrieval). Interestingly, tho' ..time spent in site, per visit, is up.
>   Feels like a demographic/technological shift in our patron universe, to me ...more 
> cell phone surfers .. Perhaps our biennial Service Survey, last two weeks of this 
> month, will tell the tale?!
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