What I have done (while at another university) is look at ratio of result clicks to the number of searches.

Best regards,

Stephanie

Stephanie H. Wical

Electronic Resources & Acquisitions Librarian

Mugar Memorial Library
Boston University

771 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215

Phone: 617-358-3967

From: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@LISTSERV.NASIG.ORG] On Behalf Of Zimmerman, Jill M
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For comparative purposes, I am still using searches and views because not all of our resources offer COUNTER4. I collect Clicks, though, as well.

Jill Zimmerman, MLIS
St. Philip's College Library
1801 Martin Luther King Dr.

San Antonio, TX 78203-2098
(210) 486-2345
jzimmerman@alamo.edu

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Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 9:57 AM
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Subject: [SERIALST] COUNTER DB1 Reports - Search, Clicks or Views?

Hello all,

As many of you know, the latest version of COUNTER (R4) added new metrics to the DB1 reports. The metrics included now searches, result clicks, and record views. I have the definitions of what they are and the differences, but I am interested in what others are tallying for their data collection. We used to tally regular searches but result clicks and record views seem a more accurate reflection of use to me. Have any of you grappled over this and come to a conclusion of which metric you think is the best reflection of use for your library?

Thanks in advance,

Sally

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Sarah (Sally) Glasser

Serials/E-Resources Librarian

022B Axinn Library

123 Hofstra University

Hempstead, NY 11549
516-463-5959

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