[Genealib] Genealogy Stats

[Robert Sullivan]

> I have browsed the list archives and found mention to all sorts of stats that we collect but have not seen stats in reference to subscription databases ie Ancestry and HQ olnine. Do you all collect these numbers?

We count Ancestry/HQ and all our other databases; I think it's users
or sessions.

> Also, if you have created a digital collection and/or database, do you count the number of times the site was accessed or have another way to justify the resources spent to create?

We count page views rather than "hits" (which really is a meaningless
number) on both the main library site and the history and genealogy
site.  It was about a 30/70 split last year.  Usage of the history
site has increased more than 80% in the last two years.

-- 
Bob Sullivan
Schenectady Digital History Archive
<http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/>
Schenectady County (NY) Public Library