[Michlib-l] MeL Minute: County-level stats for eResources/Databases coming this October!

[Breed, Liz (MDE)]

Greetings Library Community,



[cid:image003.png at 01D419E7.8E929D60]This past summer, many libraries asked us for a way to narrow down the remote, at-home usage of databases. Currently schools and libraries can only see the on-site usage of MeL databases: once the patrons leave the building the tracking stops. In order to balance patron privacy with this real need to better curate content for patrons, we have worked with vendors to provide county-level remote usage data in all of our new contracts for MeL. This means, starting in November, you will be able to see which eResources are used most frequently in your county. These stats will be posted in the MeL statistics section<https://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan/0,2351,7-160-18668_39174_54773---,00.html> as they become available.

 

As a quick preview of what you can learn starting in November, here are the top three counties that used MeL’s NoveList K-8 this past June:



·         Wayne County: 110,809 retrievals

·         Ingham County: 3,622 retrievals

·         Oakland County: 535 retrievals



To put these into context, here are the 2017 estimated populations for each county:



·         Wayne County: 1,753,616 people

·         Ingham County: 290,186 people

·         Oakland County: 1,250,836 people



Per capita, Ingham County is by far the top user of MeL’s NoveList K-8. Maybe this will change in the Fall when we have both NoveList K-8 Plus and NoveList Plus? Stay tuned!



Brought to you by Kathy Kosinski of the MeL Team.



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Liz Breed
Michigan eLibrary Coordinator
Library of Michigan
Michigan Department of Education
517-373-4466
Effective Sept 2018 my new number will be 517-335-1497
breedl at michigan.gov<mailto:breedl at michigan.gov>
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