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Elihu Burritt Library Impact: Dashboard: FY2022 to End of 2022

Featured library data demonstrating our impact on student learning and scholarship

Library Visits: Online & In-Person

Library Website/Guides Usage

Website & Guides
Reporting Period: 8/22/22-11/28/22

77,909 Users
117,756 Sessions
145,919 Pageviews

Source: Google Analytics (user totals from both properties added, so this number may reflect duplication of users across properties)


Library Building Visits

Gate Count
Reporting Period: 8/22/22-12/12/22
134,180

Source: Burritt Patron Gate Count--Shared Copy--Opening Gate Counts - spreadsheet (Gate Count, adjusted for entrances & exits, to show 24 hour totals)


CentralSearch

Web Analytics
Reporting Period:
8,106 Users
32,416 Sessions
45,241 Pageviews

Source: Google Analytics


Ask a Librarian / Library Staff

Total Questions/requests for support handled by all librarians / library staff
Reporting period: 07/01/22-11/28/22
3,899

527
Sessions handled via live chat, text, Twitter, Instagram

Source: LibAnswers


Access Services & General Support Questions
Reporting period: 07/01/22-11/28/22
1,461
Questions about circulation, ILL, reserves, office supplies, basic information
Reference, Special Collections/Archives, Government Documents
Reporting period: 07/01/22-11/28/22
1,130

Source: Libanswers


Reference/Research Questions

Reference, Special Collections/Archives, Government Documents
Reporting period: 07/01/22-11/28/22
1,130
Top 20 subject areas covered: History, Psychology, Education, Language, Social Work, English, Nursing, Art/Design, Theater, Business, Engineering, Biology, Criminal Justice, Healther/Medicine, Communication, Management & Organization, Math, Sciences, Anthropology, and Philosophy/Religion

Source: LibAnswers

Learning & Research Support


Librarian Bookings

Reporting period: 07/01/22-11/28/22
48

In-depth research consultation referrals
Source: Reference Department


Librarian-Created Research, Course & Subject Guides

148
# LibGuides created by librarians, designed to support research topics and/or specific courses
96,407
Visits to any of the 148 LibGuides

Source: LibGuides / Reference Department


Students attending instruction

1,688 students instructed
74 faculty requests for instruction

Chart showing instruction request submissions

Information literacy instruction provided by reference/instruction librarians
Source: LibWizard

Usage of Library Materials

Online Subscription/Purchased Resources

July 1, 2022-November 1, 2022

Top Databases by number of Searches
Database Name # of Searches
PsycInfo 28,896
Academic Search Premier 21,222
Jstor 8,082
Ancestry 13,273
Business Source Premier 10,554

Source: E-Resources report by email (S. Lawson), 12/14/22


Top Journal platforms by number of Article Requests
Journal platform # of article requests
Jstor 19,292
Proquest 18,565
ScienceDirect 12,820
Sage 10,321
Springer 7,047

Source: E-Resources report by email (S. Lawson), 12/14/22


Data Sources

Where did this information come from?

Google Analytics
Primo Analytics
LibGuides (Springshare)
LibAnswers (Springshare)
Gate Count
Microsoft Bookings

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