Thanks all. This makes sense to me.
Interesting also re: COUNTER no longer requiring session counts for Database reports.
Best,
Diana
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I have come to the same conclusion as Tiffany regarding the vastly greater number of sessions vs searches for some titles/databases.
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On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 9:43 AM, Tiffany LeMaistre <tiff.lemaistre@gmail.com> wrote:
In my experience, the resources that have a lot more sessions than searches are generally accessed via the link resolver. Students are doing their search elsewhere and accessing full text directly in the resource (hence creating a session
with no search).
-Tiffany
Tiffany LeMaistre
Electronic Resources and Collection Management Librarian
The University of Texas at Tyler, Robert R. Muntz Library
On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 1:31 PM, Reid,Diana L. <diana.reid@louisville.edu> wrote:
Hi All,
Does anyone have any wisdom for me about sessions vs searches on DB1 reports? I am wondering why I see so many reports with vastly more sessions than searches.
If a session is recorded when a user requests a service, say to connect to a particular database, it doesn't make sense to me that in many instances the majority of users are basically choosing a resource
and then not searching at all. What am I missing?
Thanks in advance,
Diana Reid
Serials Acquisitions Librarian
University of Louisville
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