The following shows the increase of mobile usage on our website. The time period starts from the 1st August (traditionally used as the start of an academic year) to the current date, and compares this with the same period as last year.
Catalogue
|
|
Mobile visits |
Percentage of total visits |
|
Aug 1 – Oct 26 2012 |
7,212 |
6.87% |
|
Aug 1 – Oct 26 2011 |
1,942 |
2.17% |
|
Percentage difference |
271% |
|
Metalib Electronic Library
|
|
Mobile visits |
Percentage of total visits |
|
Aug 1 – Oct 26 2012 |
215 |
2.52% |
|
Aug 1 – Oct 26 2011 |
48 |
0.66% |
|
Percentage difference |
347% |
|
Library website
|
|
Mobile visits |
Percentage of total visits |
|
Aug 1 – Oct 26 2012 |
6,688 |
5% |
|
Aug 1 – Oct 26 2011 |
1,684 |
2% |
|
Percentage difference |
297% |
|
Aspire Reading Lists
|
|
Mobile visits |
Percentage of total visits |
|
Aug 1 – Oct 26 2012 |
1,832 |
5.83% |
|
Aug 1 – Oct 26 2011 |
380 |
1.82% |
|
Percentage difference |
382% |
|
Lib Guides
|
|
Mobile visits |
Percentage of total visits |
|
Aug 1 – Oct 26 2012 |
798 |
4.38% |
|
Aug 1 – Oct 26 2011 |
256 |
1.39% |
|
Percentage difference |
211% |
|
SFX (Online Journals)
|
|
Mobile visits |
Percentage of total visits |
|
Aug 1 – Oct 26 2012 |
1,273 |
2.13% |
|
Aug 1 – Oct 26 2011 |
319 |
0.53% |
|
Percentage difference |
299% |
|
CalmView Special Collections Catalogue
|
|
Mobile visits |
Percentage of total visits |
|
Aug 1 – Oct 26 2012 |
152 |
5.18% |
|
Aug 1 – Oct 26 2011 |
91 |
2.67% |
|
Percentage difference |
67% |
|
SRO
|
|
Mobile visits |
Percentage of total visits |
|
Aug 1 – Oct 26 2012 |
1,372 |
4.69% |
|
Aug 1 – Oct 26 2011 |
83 |
2.30% |
|
Percentage difference |
1,553% |
|
Devices
Devices used to access the Library Catalogue from 1 Aug – 26 Oct 2012
|
|
Device |
Visits |
|
1 |
Apple iPhone |
2,702 |
|
2 |
Apple iPad |
2,665 |
|
3 |
Samsung GT-I9100 Galaxy S II |
5,49 |
|
4 |
SonyEricsson LT15i Xperia Arc |
159 |
|
5 |
Apple iPod Touch |
134 |
|
6 |
Samsung GT-S5830 Galaxy Ace |
118 |
|
7 |
Samsung GT-I9300 Galaxy SIII |
159 |
|
8 |
Samsung GT-N7000 Galaxy Note |
134 |
|
9 |
HTC Desire |
118 |
|
10 |
RIM BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900 Dakota |
59 |
5,536 visits were from iOS devices, 1,440 were from Android systems and 202 were from BlackBerry.
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