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Can I track usage of my library?

Is there a way I can assess some proxy\surrogate for how many people access my library during a particular time period (e.g., day, month)? This relates to an earlier query about page views for a given article , but I'm more interested in "overall" use of my library -- views of any article's page or of the library, tag cloud, author list, etc.


Here's why this would be useful: Because I'm building my CUL library mainly as a service to the community interested in research-synthesis methodology, how much time, effort, and other resources I put into this depends in part on how much it's used. In particular, tracking usage during a specific time period would help assess the effectiveness of different strategies for driving traffic to this library (e.g., advertising, contacting potential users).

Posted by Meth4ReSyn on 2012-11-04 14:55:41.

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Sorry, that's not something we track.

Posted by fergus on 2012-11-04 19:39:57.

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