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Health Sciences Library Annual Report (2013-2014): Public Services

By the Numbers

2,117 Reference Questions ↑20%

160 Chat Questions ↑51%

45,748 Visitors ↑4%


Busiest days of the week:

Monday @ the Lakehead campus

Thursday @ the Laurentian campus

Busiest time period:  

1pm to 4pm @ both campuses

How to Reach the Library

In-Person

By Phone 705-662-7282 OR 807-766-7375

By chat

By Email to askthelibrary@nosm.ca

By SMS (Text) 705-990-1555

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Website

SAMPLING OF WEBSITE TRAFFIC:

109,306 Visits to the Homepage (↑24.5%)

284,325 Page views 

62,069 Visits to the Database page (↓17%)


Most frequented webpages (other than resources links):

Borrowing & Circulation (677)

Off-Campus Access (571)

Locations (526)

 

Social Media

We continue to share information and announcements via our Facebook and Twitter accounts. We have 115 Twitter followers and 169 Facebook likes, although anyone can view the content without following or liking. We posted 68 messages to Facebook and 62 to Twitter, averaging 5-6 a month.

The graph below shows our "reach", demonstrating the unique number of people who see our facebook posts:

Follow these links to access our feeds:  FacebookTwitter

Circulation

2,994 Loans ↑4%


1,941 Print & AV (↓7.2%)

508 Reserves (↑22%)

38 Transits/Holds (↓38.7%) 

504 Equipment (↑14.5%)

Equipment Loans

The most frequent equipment loans were:

1. Laptops (62%)

2. Projectors (13.5%)

3. Mobile Laptop Kits (12%)

 


New additions (per campus):

  • 1 set of headphones with disposable covers
  • 2 iPad Airs
  • Kurzweil accessibility software 

Equipment Available:

Laptops ~ iPads ~ Clicker Sets ~ Mobile Laptop Kits ~ Projectors ~ Projector Screens