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Annual Report 2007
 

Statistics

3. Serving Library users
3a. Information literacy (training in using library and information resources)
  2007 2006 % change
Sessions 1,158 1,269 -8.7%
Participants 20,747 21,298 -2.6%
Staff contact hours 1,705 1,759 -3.1%
3b. Enquiries
  2007 2006 % change
In person (reference enquiries only)* 89,359 92,692 -3.6%
By telephone* 14,486 17,551 -17.5%
ask.monash enquiries* 2,292 6,286 -63.5%
ask.monash FAQs accessed** 21,388
Live help (online chat)*** 935 1,567 -40.3%
Off campus support 8,110 8,891 -8.8%
Total 115,182 126,987 -9.3%

*Reduction in personal and telephone enquiries is most likely due to launch of the ask.monash service. Many users questions are answered by the FAQs on the ask.monash service so the number of enquiries submitted would be expected to drop over time.
** New service in 2007.
*** Hours of operation in 2007 were significantly less than in 2006
3c. Door count
  2007 2006 % change
Total 3,586,077 3,465,626 3.5%
3d. Online course-related resources
  2007 2006 % change
Downloads of past exam papers 730,103 757,288 -3.6%
Downloads of Library digitised items 3,468,231 3,576,425 -3.1%
Audio streams accessed from web pages * Mp3 downloads accessed from web pages
Mp3 podcasting accessed from web pages
458,689
681,526
599,270
750,624
Individual access to Library-supplied electronic resources 7,335,623 2,494,505 294%
* The apparent decrease in use of audiostreams is more than compensated for by the use of the MP3 options introduced during 2007.
3e. Learning Skills
  2007
Classes and workshops 299
Total students 3913
Staff contact hours 363
  2007
Drop-in sessions 365
Total students 961
Staff contact hours 531
  2007
Individual appointments 1,014
Total students 929
Staff contact hours 922
  2007
Total sessions 1,678
Total students 5,803
Total staff contact hours 1,817


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