# Presentation: 388216

## Christopher C. Brown
University of Denver
cbrown@du.edu

- Christopher C. Brown
- University of Denver
- cbrown@du.edu

- Federal Depository Library Conference
- Oct. 22, 2003

- University of Denver: Statistics: Online Document Use

## Items received
Circulation statistics
Web site visits
GPO Access statistics

- Items received
- Circulation statistics
- Web site visits
- GPO Access statistics

- University of Denver: Statistics: Online Document Use

## Visits to online docs URLs – we are clueless!
How many times URLs are visited
What titles are visited
What agencies are most popular
We don’t know the whole picture

- Visits to online docs URLs – we are clueless!
- How many times URLs are visited
- What titles are visited
- What agencies are most popular
- We don’t know the whole picture

- University of Denver: Statistics: Online Document Use

## To track online government document usage through our online catalog

- To track online government document usage through our online catalog

- University of Denver: Statistics: Online Document Use

## Justify our depository status to administrators
Assist with item selections
URL maintenance
“Knowing where they’re going” is always helpful

- Justify our depository status to administrators
- Assist with item selections
- URL maintenance
- “Knowing where they’re going” is always helpful

- University of Denver: Statistics: Online Document Use

## Over 65,000 URLs in our catalog
Many of these not in CGP
“Aggressively” added URLs

- Over 65,000 URLs in our catalog
- Many of these not in CGP
- “Aggressively” added URLs

- University of Denver: Statistics: Online Document Use

## URL click sends user to CF database
Database records URL, date, time
Database instantly refers user to URL

- URL click sends user to CF database
- Database records URL, date, time
- Database instantly refers user to URL

- University of Denver: Statistics: Online Document Use

## Website Management Menu

- University of Denver: Statistics: Online Document Use

## URL Clickthrough Statistics

- University of Denver: Statistics: Online Document Use

## The URL Redirects

- University of Denver: Statistics: Online Document Use

## Access Database Form

- University of Denver: Statistics: Online Document Use

## Click-through to Catalog

**Click-through to Catalog**

- University of Denver: Statistics: Online Document Use

## URL Testing

**URL Testing**

- University of Denver: Statistics: Online Document Use

## CGP Lookup

- University of Denver: Statistics: Online Document Use

## Reports: SuDocs Major Class

- University of Denver: Statistics: Online Document Use

## Reports: Title by Title

- University of Denver: Statistics: Online Document Use

## Reports: Specific Agency

- University of Denver: Statistics: Online Document Use

## Reports: By Class

- University of Denver: Statistics: Online Document Use

## Here’s the Cold Fusion code

- MOD DATE: 8.11.03
- MOD DESCRIPTION: changed cflocation to cfheader
- MODIFIED BY:  alex
- --->
- <cfif IsDefined('URL.LinkURL')>
- <!--- set the cgi.QUERY_STRING variable to LinkURL --->
- <cfset LinkURL="#cgi.QUERY_STRING#">
- <!--- strip off  8 characters "_http://_"--->
- <cfset weblink="#RemoveChars(LinkURL,1,8)#">
- <!--- what is the cgi.REMOTE_ADDR  AKA IP address --->
- <cfset IP="#cgi.REMOTE_ADDR#">
- <!--- add param to avoid errors --->
- <cfparam default="" name="LinkURL">
-         <!--- drop stats into db --->
-         <cfquery datasource="#request.dsn#">
-         INSERT INTO Tbl_PeakLinks (LinkURL, UserIP)
-         VALUES ('#weblink#', '#IP#')
-         </cfquery>
-         <!--- send user to website --->
-         <cfheader name="refresh" value="0;URL=#weblink#">
-         <!--- stop page --->
- <cfabort>
- </cfif>

- University of Denver: Statistics: Online Document Use