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Nolen, David S.; Powers, Amanda Clay; Zhang, Li; Xu, Yue; Cannady, Rachel E.; Li, Judy – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2012
The Mississippi State University Libraries' Virtual Reference Service collected statistics about virtual reference usage. Analysis of the data collected by an entry survey from chat and e-mail transactions provided librarians with concrete information about what patron groups were the highest and lowest users of virtual reference services. These…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Academic Libraries, Reference Services, Computer Mediated Communication

Shim, Wonsik; McClure, Charles R. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2002
Discusses the ARL (Association of Research Libraries) E-Metrics project that is investigating problems related to collecting and using data for electronic materials and services. Describes a survey of libraries that focused on data collection activities and showed a lack of preparation as well as a lack of consistent statistics from database…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Data Collection, Electronic Libraries, Higher Education