The first sentence made me think that this was going to be the best post ever. - Andy

Once again, I disappoint ;) - copystar

Really interesting stats! We are noticing similar trends at my library. We just started filtering our Analytics stats by IP range - we can see use within the library, outside the library but still on campus, and off campus. It's actually a very small percentage of use from within the library, yet that's where we focus most of our services. - Jen

Hmmm. Never considered that, but might be an interesting angle. Thanks! - Jen

I agree with Dorothea on this: It's an excellent discussion, and I believe it's worth publishing. - Walt Crawford

Jen, how are you doing the filtering? I'm still learning Analytics and I can only see methods to include or exclude IP traffic at the collection level and I don't want to exclude any data at this stage. Curious, I just checked that about 65% of our web traffic comes from the University's 'network' (as an Internet service provider) - copystar

We tried to split out on- vs off-campus and in- vs out of- library and weren't successful, so I'd be interested in hearing how you did it. - DJF

Me too! We filter out our library staff/faculty IP addresses, but that's because it's the number ACRL wants. On another note: This is an _AWESOME_ presentation, full of goodness. - Jason Griffey

great set of stats and analysis! Wondering re: subject guides (slides 30-32): what is difference b/t subject pgs & research guides?Isn't subject page itself a sort of guide and might be why users aren't then clicking on the formally labeled research guides? Plus, users scan pages left to right so links on right will almost always get less traffic. - Dana Longley

At one point, a 'resource resource page' was just indexes while a 'subject research guide' was a traditional library guide, with lists of encyclopedias, indexes, websites, etc. But now many 'resource' pages have evolved to contain links to ebooks, dictionaries, course presentations etc. IMHO, they are combining into one thing. Location and language are admittedly important. I'm planning to do a stats round-up on our subject pages/guides early next year. - copystar

Like Jason, we started filtering stats after seeing that ACRL stats asked for it. Because of the way our Analytics are set-up, we had to have our campus IT guy write the filters, but they are just by IP. I'm on the road for the next few weeks, but will definitely want to talk to you all more about this. - Jen

NTS pull mine down and show mita (and everyone else, too) - awd

awesome! - Stephanie•CogSciLibrarian

ADDENDUM: The 30% drop in our website traffic may be in fact closer to a 15% drop. I explain here:http://www.newjackalmanac.ca/2010... - copystar