While Fig 1. and Fig 2. represents unique individuals, Fig 3 represents total logons to the facility and includes multiple logons by one person over time. Over 715,000 logons were recorded for the 97-98 academic year. This is an increase of 15 percent over the 96-97 academic year. The numbers indicate that each computer would see 2409 logins per year or over 750 logins per academic quarter. A majority of our statistics may never represent 100 percent utilization as it does not account for typical delays between one individual logging out and the next person logging on.
Observation shows that there maybe up to a five minute delay between logons on a single station.
Though there is a small drop when including Friday, the pattern of usage remains the same with a peak between 9 am and 6 pm. In the past, Friday's have caused the average to drop due to the low use on that particular day. This can be explained by the classroom reservation trends explained further in this report. When including Fridays into the average utilization figures, a small drop is observed in both Fig 7. and Fig 8. There are typically fewer classes and fewer users during Fridays.