Richard Sapon-White Oregon State University May 8, 2015 ELUNA 2015.
Meta Lib Usage Patterns - ELUNA 2007
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Identifies usage patterns gleaned from server logs over an 18 month period at Duke University
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Questsions & Concerns
• Concern about how patrons use MetaLib– Patrons want to find DBs– Patrons don’t like QuickSearch– QuickSearch never turns up the same results
list– Metasearch results are inherently confusing
because there is no context (no indication of which DBs gave which results)
• Which Patrons
Report Data
Log Files
• /exlibris/metalib/m3_1/log/• grep "^S[0-9][0-9] IN" www_server_m_4331.log
• Clean up the logs (Perl)
• Log Analysis Software (Analog is very trainable but not a bleeding edge tool)
• S00 IN 20070529 110617 64.128.101.232 656 "/V?func=native-link&resource=DUK01574"
• S00 IN 20070529 110638 70.16.136.116 958 "/V/YIFHVYSNAV749L1RU2AMXRQD4XYK7QPQVEPNXUNK8IDGG9GST4-33991?func=find-ej-1-title&mode=titles&scan_start=journal of structural chemistry&search_type=exact"
• S00 IN 20070529 110642 70.16.136.116 988 "/V/YIFHVYSNAV749L1RU2AMXRQD4XYK7QPQVEPNXUNK8IDGG9GST4-34059?func=jnl-sfx-direct&jnl_code=JNL016426"
• S00 IN 20070529 110644 152.3.207.175 632 "/V?func=native-link&resource=DUK00693"
• S00 IN 20070529 110646 152.3.238.226 183 "/V?func=quick-1"• S00 IN 20070529 110653 152.3.115.229 618 "/V?func=find-db-1&mode=titles"• S00 IN 20070529 110655 152.3.115.229 905
"/V/EYS3BYUMI1NBUYGKP2DC9S9HGY72LL298F7KMN3GUPAM37J5YN-34129?func=find-db-1-title&mode=titles&scan_start=e?&search_type=exact&restricted=all"
• S00 IN 20070529 110703 152.3.115.229 809 "/V/EYS3BYUMI1NBUYGKP2DC9S9HGY72LL298F7KMN3GUPAM37J5YN-34200?func=native-link&resource=DUK00674"
• S00 IN 20070529 110710 152.3.239.10 797 "/V?func=find-ej-1"
ResultsMetaLib Usage Inside/Ouside Library
35%
65%
Inside
Outside
Results
Jan-
06
Feb
-06
Mar
-06
Apr
-06
May
-06
Jun-
06
Jul-0
6
Aug
-06
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-06
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-06
Nov
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Months
Trend by Month
Inside
Outside
MetaLib Use by Function
64%
17%
16%
2%
1%
0%
quick-1
find-db-1&mode=titles
find-ej-1
meta-1
find-db-1&mode=category
eshelf-2&force_login=y&Institute=DUKE
Janu
ary
Mar
ch
May
July
Sep
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ber
Nov
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r
Janu
ary
Mar
ch
May
quick-1
find-db-1&mode=titlesfind-ej-10.0
10.020.030.040.0
50.060.0
70.0
80.0
90.0
Major Functions - Trend by Month
Answers• Which Patrons• Patrons want to find DBs• Patrons don’t like
QuickSearch• QuickSearch never turns
up the same results list• Metasearch results are
inherently confusing because there is no context (no indication of which DBs gave which results)
• 65% remote• 18% browse DBs• 65% QuickSearch• Different results don’t
matter• Despite changes to
make QuickSearch harder to find, QuickSearch is used more than all other functions combined
