Visibility and use of digital collections: proposing an indicator of relative visibility

Authors

  • Yanet Elisa Rico Pérez Universidad Complutense de Madrid
  • Michela Montesi Universidad Complutense de Madrid

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54886/ibersid.v7i0.4045

Keywords:

Web visibility, Use, Digital collections, Repositories, Metrics, Web analytics, Hathitrust Digital Library, Digital libraries, Google Books

Abstract

The concepts of visibility and use for digital collections are discussed, and a metric is proposed that relates both of them. Using a web-analytics tool for the data collected from a website, a relative visibility index is suggested, which results from dividing the new users by those returning to the web site. If the number of new users is well above that of the previous ones, that could mean that there are problems of site usability, accessibility, content, etc., because users are not returning. If, on the contrary, the number of previous users is well above that of the new ones, there could be a problem of visibility, as fewer users are arriving to the web site. The metric was developed in a case study involving the log records of the antique book digital collection of the Universidad Complutense of Madrid, from January to June of 2011.

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Author Biographies

Yanet Elisa Rico Pérez, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Estudiante de Doctorado en ciencias de la Documentacion y Bibliotecas

Michela Montesi, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Profesora Facultad de Ciencias de la Documentación Universidad Complutense de Madrid

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Published

2013-09-21

How to Cite

Rico Pérez, Y. E., & Montesi, M. (2013). Visibility and use of digital collections: proposing an indicator of relative visibility. Ibersid: Journal of Information and Documentation Systems (ISSNe 2174-081X; ISSN 1888-0967), 7, 123–129. https://doi.org/10.54886/ibersid.v7i0.4045

Issue

Vol. 7 (2013)

Section

Case studies, research in progress, short articles and notes

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