Assessment

The California Digital Library conducts regular assessment of its collections and services. Through evaluation activities such as needs assessments, surveys, usability testing, focus groups, and monitoring usage statistics, the CDL develops a better understanding of the needs of patrons and their use of digital content and services.

Evaluation and Assessment Activities

• Selected Recent Reports (all reports)
• UC-eLinks November 2007 Assessment Report: Findings and recommendations from an assessment concerning existing and potential service options for the UC-eLinks service menu. This assessment was conducted at UCSC and UCLA in November 2007. [PDF]
• CDL Web and Telephone Helpline Feedback Summary, November 5-9, 2007: An analysis of web and telephone Helpline feedback received by CDL during November 5-9, 2007. [PDF]
• Communication and Collaboration: Priorities and Perspectives on the UC Libraries-CDL Partnership: Final report of findings and recommendations from the CDL Spring 2006 assessment project, including interviews conducted at all ten UC campuses. [PDF]
• UC-eLinks UCSD Assessment Report: Findings and recommendations from a round of usability testing conducted on a prototype UC-eLinks window in February 2007. [PDF]
• Spring 2006 Campus Needs Assessment Project Summary: Findings and recommendations from a round of needs assessment interviews conducted at all ten UC campuses. [PDF]
• UC Health Sciences Libraries Metasearch Exploration, Part 1: Draft report of findings from focus groups conducted with health sciences graduate students at UC Davis to explore the potential use and adoption of metasearch. [PDF]
• UC Health Sciences Libraries Metasearch Exploration, Part 2: Draft report of findings from focus groups conducted with medical faculty, researchers, and residents to explore the potential use and adoption of metasearch. [PDF]
• Shared Print: The Patron Perspective: Findings from a round of focus groups conducted at UCSD in November 2005 to identify any potential barriers to adoption of a shared print collection by faculty and graduate students. [PDF]
• CDL Assessment Program Toolkit: An overview of different assessment methods, including focus groups, user interviews, online surveys, usability testing, and others. [PDF]



• Evaluation Liaisons

Usage Statistics Data

• Aggregated usage statistics reports: Listed by year. Includes reports on CDL collections, ejournal articles, database searches, and others.
• Vendor usage statistics availability and locations: Provides URLs and passwords for vendor usage statistics web sites. [password-protected] [PDF]
• Vendor statistics available on the CDL site: For vendors who do not provide statistics on their own web sites, the CDL posts their statistics here.
• UC-eLinks statistics: Monthly statistics. March 2002—present


• CDL web site statistics: Monthly statistics. March 1999—January 2003
• CDL-hosted database via web statistics: Weekly statistics. January 1999—July 2003
• Telnet Melvyl and CDL-hosted databases statistics: Weekly and monthly statistics. January 1999—June 2003
• CDL-hosted databases Z39.50 server statistics: Weekly and monthly reports for the general Z39.50 server and specific databases. January 1999—June 2003
• SearchLight statistics: Monthly statistics. January 2000—August 2005