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Annual Report 2008
 

Statistics

3. Serving Library users
3a. Information literacy (training in using library and information resources)
  2008* 2007 % change
Sessions 1,015 1,158 -12.3%
Participants 16,322 20,747 -21.3%
Staff contact hours 1,512 1,705 -11.3%
* Change is partly due to increased embedding of information literacy skill development into curricula.
3b. Learning skills
  2008 2007* % change
Sessions 4703 1678 NA
Participants 30,906 5803 NA
Staff contact hours 7831 1831 NA
* Change not valid because learning skills data was only collected for part of 2007.
3c. Enquiries
  2008 2007 % change
In person (reference enquiries only) 83,986 89,359 -6.0%
By telephone 13,072 14,486 -9.8%
ask.monash enquiries 1,869 2,292 -18.5%
ask.monash FAQs accessed 22,153 21,388 3.6%
Live help (online chat) 1,206 935 29.0%
Off campus support 6,541 8,110 -19.3%
Total 128,827 136,570 -5.7%
3d. Door count
  2008 2007 % change
Total 3,761,460 3,586,077 4.9%
3e. Online course-related resources
  2008 2007 % change
Downloads of past exam papers 797,913 730,103 9.3%
Downloads of Library digitised items* 2,796,645 3,468,231 -19.4%
Audio streams accessed from web pages 388,880 458,689 -15.2%
Mp3 downloads accessed from web pages 2,779,734 681,526 NA**
Mp3 podcasting accessed from web pages 1,257,470 599,270 109.8%
* Archived copies were deleted in 2008     ** % change is not valid because 2007 data was for six months only
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