Understanding Web analytics for libraries -- Talking the talk : Web analytics terms and definitions -- Selecting and evaluating a Web analytics tool -- Creating customized Web analytics reports for libraries -- Action-oriented analytics : turning data into decisions -- Communicating website usage within your library -- Mobile analytics in libraries -- The right tools for the job : using analytics to drive design / Joelle Pitts and Tara L. Coleman -- Using Web analytics tools to revise a humanities library website / Harriett E. Green, Jordan Ruud, and Andrew Walsh -- Web analytics applied to online catalog usage at the University of Denver / Christopher C. Brown -- Optimizing open-source Web analytics tools for increased security of Wordpress and Drupal / Junior Tidal -- Appendix A. Glossary of Web analytics terms and concepts -- Appendix B. Web analytics tool profiles -- Appendix C. Bibliography and suggested resources
Summary
The authors address the distinctive needs of libraries' educational mission with advice on how to use web analytics in a library setting
