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Re: Dean DeBolt Post



Dean:  Can you tell us your website URL so we can take a look?  Thanks.


At 10:20 AM 6/8/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Holly asks about user studies of a web site.  I've noticed that
>some archivists have counters on the website to get an idea
>of numbers.   In our library, Special Collections has a home
>page (or series) that are really just a what-we-are and how-to-
>find us, rather than being an online catalog.    Our webmaster
>uses a sophisticated program that identifies how many page
>hits occur each month, the ISP sources which help identify
>states, and countries....and for a number of months, the
>Special Collections pages were the highest hits outside of
>the general library page (which leads immediately to the
>online card catalog).    I am frankly unable to tell from many
>users exactly what led them to Special Collections...sometimes
>it is a "catalog" entry, a reference in a guide, the LDS website
>catalog, RLIN, etc.    There is no question, however, that our
>homepage/website has saved us a small fortune in PRINTING!
>
>Dean
>
>Dean DeBolt
>University Librarian
>Special Collections and West Florida Archives
>John C. Pace Library
>University of West Florida
>11000 University Parkway
>Pensacola, FL  32514-5750
>Tele:  850-474-2213;   Fax:  850-474-3338
>
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