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Hi Kyle, I'm not sure how exactly this would translate to more traditional digital library resources (images, audio, text, etc) but with datasets, the Midlife in the United States longitudinal study keeps track of who publishes papers using their data (not sure if this is done manually or harvested or both) and what institutions the authors are from (http://midus.wisc.edu/findings/index.php); and a digital library project I did a practicum for in library school kicked around the idea of developing lesson plans based on materials in their collection or working with teachers/professors to do so, and then using that in grant writing. Presumably for the latter, they could be posted on ERIC and/or publicized in other ways and then you'd be able to keep track of views and downloads, and then maybe have some people who you could interview as a case study of how they used ABC Digital Library's content in their classroom. That'd be quite a bit of work, but probably decently solid justification for funding. Best, Caroline On 12/17/2012 3:20 PM, Kyle Banerjee wrote: > Howdy all, > > Just wondering who might be willing to share what kind of stats they > produce to justify their continued existence? Of course we do the normal > (web activity, items and metadata records created, stuff scanned, etc), but > I'm trying to wrap my mind around ways to describe work where there's not a > built in assumption that more is better. > > For example, how might work curating a collection or preparing for a > migration to a TDB platform be described? Thanks, > > kyle