LIAS Statistics ... Resource Usage

The following table breaks down the total number of sessions into Library and Remote sessions. Library includes all public and staff sessions established at terminals and workstations in-house at the UP and CES libraries (i.e., in a library building.) Remote includes all network, dial-in and telnet connections.

Library vs Remote Sessions per Year: 1993 - 1995

Resource	Available Since ...		1993			1994			1995			1996
			Library	Remote		Library	Remote		Library	Remote		Library	Remote	Total
Big Ten Library Catalogs	Jun 1993		4,067	1,445		6,465	2,341		5,300	2,034		3,450	955	4,405
Electronic Journals	Nov 1992		7,345	6,802		9,409	6,569		16,129	9,520		11,556	4,051	15,607
Final Exam Schedule	Jan 1995		--	--		--	--		15,765	3,604		41,502	5,851	47,353
Gopher	May 1993		23,089	7,661		77,245	38,993		67,065	31,601		41,157	11,195	52,352
Libraries by Geographic Location	Jan 1993		18,720	11,241		38,645	13,476		19,756	10,904		7,766	2,959	10,725
Penn State WWW Home Page*	Jan 1996		--	--		--	--		--	--		4,924	1,003	5,927
World Wide Web*	Nov 1994		--	--		1681	0		25,379	11,723		41,398	20,614	62,012

*Data for these resources reflect sessions established using LYNX web browser software in LIAS only. Usage does not include number of sessions established through other WWW browsers such as Netscape, Mosaic, etc.