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Website Statistics for 2009-2010

Here is an overview of Web statistics for Duke University Libraries for the reporting period of July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010. It provides the following information:

  • Visits by domain — counts the number of visitors to our Websites.
  • Pageviews by domain — counts the number of Web pages our visitors viewed.
  • Most viewed Library Resources — pageviews of 25 top resources on our Websites.
  • Browsers — shows what Web browsers visitors used.
  • Mobile platforms — shows what mobile platforms visitors used. Less than 1% of our vistors used a mobile platform to access our Website.
  • Location — How many patrons accessed our library resources from on campus vs. from off campus.

You can download the data as an MS Excel spreadsheet or view the data on the page below:


Visits to Library website domains: July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010 as recorded in Google Analytics

Domain Visits Percent Notes
library.duke.edu 5,942,743 81.1 data includes visits to digital collections, finding aids, and some blogs
find.library.duke.edu 871,097 11.9
scriptorium.lib.duke.edu 278,758 3.8 data collection began in October 2009
catalog.library.duke.edu 129,766 1.8 Includes visits recorded on alephdev during jan 3-feb7, 2010 due to misconfiguration
guides.library.duke.edu 94,834 1.3
dukelibraries**.blogspot.com 9,852 0.1 combines data for all dukelibraries blogs on blogspot.com
Total Domain Visits 7,327,050 100.0

Pageviews to Library website domains: July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010 as recorded in Google Analytics (plus item views from iTunesU and YouTube)

Domain Pageviews Percent Notes
library.duke.edu 15,747,720 54.8 total pageviews minus 288,923 pageviews generated by deprecated method of tracking clicks to Search Resources Tabs [e.g., onClick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/homepage/catalog-search') ]
find.library.duke.edu 7,376,478 25.7
AdViews @ iTunesU 2,654,930 9.2 Item views for the AdViews collection in iTunesU
catalog.library.duke.edu 1,752,088 6.1 includes pageviews recorded on alephdev during jan 3-feb7, 2010 due to misconfiguration
scriptorium.lib.duke.edu 783,027 2.7 data collection began in October 2009
guides.library.duke.edu 265,737 0.9
DukeLibDigitalColl @ YouTube.com 135,790 0.5 Item views for digital collections in YouTube
dukelibraries**.blogspot.com 16,460 0.1 combines pageviews for all dukelibraries blogs on blogspot.com
Total Library Domain Pageviews 28,732,230 100.0

Most viewed Library Resources: July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010

Resource Pageviews Percent Notes
Catalog (both Endeca and Classic) 9,128,566 31.8 combines pageviews for find.library.duke.edu (7,376,478 pageviews) and catalog.library.duke.edu (1,752,088 pageviews)
Digital Collections 7,556,944 26.3 pageviews for /digitalcollections/ (4,766,224 pageviews) plus iTunesU (2,654,930 item views) and YouTube (135,790 item views) minus finding aids /digitalcollections/rbmscl/ (295,500)
Citing Sources 5,188,447 18.1 /research/citing/
Library Home page 2,146,299 7.5 combines pageviews for / and /index.html
Scriptorium 783,027 2.7 pageviews for scriptorium.lib.duke.edu
Guides (both LibGuides and CMS) 694,855 2.4 combines pageviews for guides.library.duke.edu (265,737 pageviews) and /research/subject/guides/ (429,118 pageviews)
Special Collections 578,734 2.0 /specialcollections/
Finding Aids 295,500 1.0 pageviews for /digitalcollections/rbmscl/
Avoiding Plagiarism 236,738 0.8 /research/plagiarism/
University Archives 229,216 0.8 /uarchives/ does not include item views in Flickr
Exhibits 210,280 0.7 /exhibits/
About 193,292 0.7 /about/
Lilly Library 156,856 0.5 /lilly/
Instruction & Outreach 151,591 0.5 /services/instruction/ (excludes pageviews for instruction blog)
Blogs 144,837 0.5 combines pageviews for /blogs/ and dukelibraries**.blogspot.com
Location Guide 105,144 0.4 /apps/locationguide/ (data only complete after October)
Music Library 103,737 0.4 /music/
Services 91,893 0.3 /services/ excludes pageviews for /services/instruction/ which are listed separately
Staff Directory 65,221 0.2 /apps/directory/ (data only complete after October)
Libraries portals 59,101 0.2 /libraries/ contains portal pages for AskUs, Borrow and Renew, and ILL
Jobs 57,212 0.2 /jobs/
How do I?... 46,533 0.2 /research/finding/
News 38,186 0.1 /news/
Research by Subject Portal 28,978 0.1 combines pageviews for / and /index.html
Research Help 20,598 0.1 /research/help/
Other 420,445 1.5 pageveiws for all other resources not otherwise listed here
Total 28,732,230 100.0

Picture this...

The pie chart graphically displays pageviews for the 11 top resources listed in the table above. What's notable?

  • Four resources (Catalog, Digital Collections, Citing Sources, and Library Homepage) account for over 80% of our pageviews.
  • Catalog represents nearly a third of all Website pageviews.
  • Digital Collections represent over a quarter of all Website pageviews.
  • Citing Sources section, a mere 37 pages, received over half as many pageviews as our entire catalog of 5 million+ items.
Pie chart graphically displaying data from table above of most used resources.

Browsers used to visit library.duke.edu: July 1, 2009 - June 30, 2010

Browser Visits Percent Notes
Internet Explorer 2,629,434 44.25
Firefox 2,094,253 35.24
Safari 838,477 14.11
Chrome 304,662 5.13
Other 75,917 1.28
Total 5,942,743 100.00

Top Mobile devices used to visit library.duke.edu: November 1, 2009 - June 30, 2010

Browser Visits Percent Notes
iPhone 13,109 56.65
iPod 5,324 23.01
Android 2,852 12.33
BlackBerry 1,854 8.01
Total 23,139 100.00

On campus vs. off campus visitors to library.duke.edu: July 1, 2009 - June 30, 2010

Location Visits Percent Notes
On Campus 1,225,625 20.62
Off Campus 4,717,118 79.38
Total 5,942,743 100.00
 

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