Measuring a cultural institution

28 July 2008 – 6:49 am

The BBC has in many ways pushed the adoption and acceptance of the Internet in the UK. For example, it is required to provide a public whole-of-web search engine that takes users to non-BBC web sites.
Here are a few factoids that illustrate how the impact of a cultural institution like the BBC might be measured.
The [...]

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Fabulous facts

1 April 2008 – 10:23 am

Do you collect trivia? Got a thirst for quotable factoids?
You’re not alone!
In our conversations with peers and colleagues, the Information Futures Commission project team are often asked, “Where’s your evidence?”
It’s a natural question: we are, after all, working in an academic environment ;-) Because it’s good business practice, the Commission wants to make evidence-based recommendations [...]

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FAQ 21 March: Who uses our library collections?

21 March 2008 – 6:30 am

Good question!
The Library regularly collects statistics about its activities. For example, we know how many items are checked out every year from the Legal Resource Centre – click the image below to see a larger version of the graph.

Another example: we know that in the week ending 4 August 2006 library staff received 197 telephone [...]

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