Richter Library Web Statistics – Summary

 

(This summary compiles from six different server reports making up the University of Miami online web system. Servers: Main Library Server: http://www.library.miami.edu,
Digital: http://digital.library.miami.edu, Findit: http://findit.library.miami.edu, Scholar: http://scholar.library.miami.edu. Three and five page narrative summaries are also available as are the various 140 pp. reports (6 reports ).

 

January, 2004

 

Visitors

 

Total Visits                                                                                                        146,641

 


Pages and Files (Top 10 Pages)

Top Page: Library Home Page                                                                            70,872

#2 Databases (Alphabetically, Subject Guides & Indexes)*                        14,528
#3 Student Services Page                                                                                     5,858
#4 Research Methods in the Social Sciences                                                    3,524
#5 University of Miami Libraries – Libraries and Collections                         2,957
#6 Richter Library Reserves – Table of Contents                                             2,108
#7 Public Opinion Polls on the Internet                                                             2,028
#8 Pan American World Airways Record Collection                                       1,886
#9 Interlibrary Loan                                                                                               1,429
#10 Patron - View Your Circulation Record                                                       1,135    

 

Notable High Hit Counts                         Pan Am Collection (1,866), Florida Postcard Collection (1,010)
Most Requested Form                                                        Brockway Hall Document Request Form (127)
Cuban Heritage Collection (992)


Navigation

Most Popular Entrance to Site                                                           Library Home Page (60%)
Other Unique Entrances                                                                     Databases and Indexes, Subject Guides
Notable Unique Entrances                                                                 Pan Am Collection

 


Activity

75 % visitors                                                                                         view 1-2 pages of the site
50 % site visits                                                                                     less than 3 minutes in length.
Highest Web Activity Days                                                              Tuesday – Thursday
Peak Web Activity Hours                                                                  11 A.M. – 4. P.M.

 

 

Referrals and Search Engines

 

75% Visitors                                                                                          From Larger University Site
15% Various Search Engine                           (55% Google, 20% MSN, 20% Yahoo, 5% other)
Most Common Searches: opinion polls, Cuban Americans, Pan American Airlines,                           U Miami
Unexpected Larger Referrals:                             African-American Portals (i.e. BlackPlanet, BlackVoices)
                                                                        Florida International University, Jackson Memorial Hospital.


* Databases Listed Alphabetically By Title (5,430). http://findit.library.miami.edu/research/research.php + Databases & Indexes (3,057) (Infosheets) +  Database & Indexes (Subject Guides) (2,012)