Hello all,

Do you ever wonder about the usage of MeL Databases, MeLCat, and the MeL homepage and gateways - data such as the number of searches, homepage visits, MeLCat requests and loans, and other measures of the success of our statewide resource collection?  All of these and more are collected and available for your review and use and are found under the About tab at MeL.org. Is your favorite resource among those used by others?  Is usage increasing, flat, or fluctuating (maybe down in the summer due to the K-12 school year)?  MeL usage statistics from 2009 to the present are available and we think you’ll find them interesting.

MeL Minutes are brought to you by the Library of Michigan.  Want more information on MeL?  Stay tuned for next week’s MeL Minute available on many Michigan library listservs, email us at contact@mel.org or visit mel.org.  We encourage you to share MeL Minutes with your public service colleagues.

Eunice

Eunice C. Borrelli, Michigan eLibrary Internet Librarian

Library of Michigan/Michigan Dept. of Education, 702 W. Kalamazoo St., Lansing, MI 48909

Phone: 517.241.4996    Toll Free: 877.479.0021     Fax: 517.373.5700

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