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Meta Lib Usage Patterns - ELUNA 2007
- 1. MetaLib Usage Patterns [email_address] ELUNA 2007 Spearfish, South Dakota
- 2. 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
- 3. Report Data
- 4. 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)
- 5. 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"
- 6. Results
- 7. Results
- 10. 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