FY 2001 StLA Survey: New and revised questions (including network performance measures)

FY 2001 StLA Survey: New and revised questions (including network performance measures) - Data Elements Revisions & Additions REVISIONS:

220. Internet workstations available to the general public. Report below workstations that are used for Internet access by the general public in all StLA outlets that serve the public. Include terminals used by both the StLA staff and the public. Exclude terminals that are for StLA staff use only.

220a Number of library-owned public-access graphical workstations that connect to the Internet for a dedicated purpose (to access an OPAC or specific database) or multiple purposes. (For this count the term “library-owned” includes computers leased by the state library agency.)

220b Number of all other public access workstations in the library. (Report non-library computers placed in the library by other agencies or groups. Report non-graphical workstations.)

ADDITIONS:

XX0 Virtual visits to networked state library agency resources. Number of visits to the state library agency via the Internet. A visit occurs when an external user connects to a networked state library agency resource for any length of time or any purpose (regardless of the number of pages or elements viewed). Examples of a networked library resource include a state library agency OPAC, leased online database, or a state library agency Web page. In the case of a user visit to a state library agency Web site a user who looks at 16 pages and 54 graphic images registers one visit on the Web server.

XX1 Electronic full text titles available by subscription. Number of electronic full text titles that the state library agency subscribes to and offers to the public, computed one time annually. Include in this count full-text titles available through database subscription services, e.g., EBSCO, Gale, Wilson, etc.

XX1a Number of electronic serial titles.
XX1b Number of electronic other titles including book titles.

XX2 Electronic full text titles owned. Number of electronic full text titles that the state library agency owns and offers to the public, computed one time annually. Report the total number of electronic serial and other titles owned by the state library agency. Include in this count the number of electronic books purchased from vendors such as Ingram, EBSCO and Net Library. Titles available through subscription should be counted in “XX1.” Include digitized files or titles (such as historical documents preserved by the StLA or the state, runs of digitized state documents) that the StLA digitized or has acquired.

XX3 Database sessions. Total count of the number of sessions (logins) initiated to all state library agency online databases. These figures may be available from the database company (EBSCO, Gale, etc.), and may also be available from the library network manager.

XX4 Database queries/searches. Total count of the number of searches conducted in the state library agency’s online databases. Subsequent activities by the users (e.g., browsing, printing) are not considered part of the search process. These figures may be available from the database company (EBSCO, Gale, etc.)

XX5 Items examined using electronic subscription services. Number of views to each entire host to which the state library agency subscribes. A view is defined as the number of full text articles/pages, abstracts, citations, and text only, text/graphics viewed. These figures may be available from the database company (EBSCO, Gale, etc.)