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What Can Web Analytics Tell You About Your New Discovery Tool?
2013 Conference Track
Search & Discovery
Keywords
"discovery tools" and "web analytics"
Learning Objectives
Understand what role web analytics might play in assessment of their e-resource access points
Differentiate between the types of questions that web analytics can answer vs. traditional electronic resources usage statistics
Learn about the basic metrics of web analytics tools
Develop a simple strategy for implementing web analytics at their own institutions
Abstract
Getting a discovery system implemented is one thing, but assessing it is another. Given that these tools are new and standards for them are in development, librarians at the Hesburgh Library decided to explore the use of web analytics to help measure the effectiveness of our new discovery tool, OneSearch.