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There is a ton of information you can get from your proxy server logs about database usage that goes way beyond the simple usage statistics. I had an article in Library Hi Tech published on the topic. Coombs, K. A (2005) ³Lessons Learned From Analyzing Library Database Usage Data² Library Hi Tech 23(4), 598-609. Basically you can look at the path the user is taking to access the database by analyzing the referrer. This is very interesting when you consider that some database usage is via an OpenURL resolver to access full-text, some usage is people using the database itself to search, and some usage is a someone going into a database after using a federated search tool. There are other "paths" as well depending on how your website is configured. Also depending on how your campus network is configured you can analyze where on campus database are being accessed from: the library, the dorms, the computer labs. Karen On 2/5/07 7:43 AM, "Andrew Ashton" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I would also add that our proxy server logs are great sources for > search analytics. At the 2004 Computers in Libraries I did a talk on > analyzing proxy server logs to mine usage stats[1], but the parameters > of that data are fairly limited. I wonder if it might be time to > resurrect that in the form of a lightning talk... > > See y'all in a few weeks! > > [1]http://www.skidmore.edu/library/aashton/Ppt/ashtonB103_paper.doc > > > -- > Andrew Ashton > Systems Librarian > Scribner Library, Skidmore College > (518)580-5505 -- Karen A. Coombs Head of Libraries' Web Services University of Houston 114 University Libraries Houston, TX 77204-2000 Phone: (713) 743-3713 Fax: (713) 743-9811 Email: [log in to unmask]