In the last few years, Goldsmiths Library has been using its online reading lists system to provide electronic versions of reading lists on behalf of academic staff and departments, displaying real-time availability of books in the library and linking to full-text journal articles and other online content where available. It is also used for linking to scanned chapters/content of essential readings.
Each month, our Reading List Services Officer, Maria O’Hara produces a report of statistics for the previous month. Below are the usage statistics for January 2017.
Google Analytics
A session on Google Analytics is defined as a group of interactions one user takes within a given time frame on your website. Sessions time out after 30 minutes of inactivity.
Number of Sessions
The number of sessions was again much higher than in January 2015, rising from 10,859 to 19,677 this year. Use of Digitised content remained high.
Where are our users?
39.8% of January sessions were on-campus.
Most users were in London or the UK, but not all of them.
Most Popular Search Terms
1) PO51010D – 389
2) ED62025A – 184
3) PY71072A – 89
4) ED53029A – 24
5) AN51001A – 23
Most Popular Scan
…from Biological and Comparative Psychology
Top Twenty Lists
List Title | Jan-17 | Department | Students |
World Politics (Spring Term) | 869 | Politics | 100 |
UK and European Comparative Governance and Politics | 853 | Politics | 100 |
Fine Art Critical Studies: Year 1 (Spring) | 759 | [Art] | 120 |
Fine Art Critical Studies: Year 1 (Autumn) | 543 | [Art] | 34 |
MC51005B Culture and Cultural Studies (Spring Term) | 506 | Media & Comms | 150 |
PS50007B: Psychobiology and Cognitive Psychology | 374 | Psychology | 60 |
Issues in Cultural and Political Economy – PO51017A | 361 | Politics | 60 |
COLONIALISM AND NON-WESTERN POLITICAL THOUGHT | 341 | Politics | 20 |
Globalization: Politics, Policy, Critique | 340 | Cultural Studies | 50 |
Politics of Other Cultures | 326 | Politics | 55 |
Killing Time | 323 | Art | 32 |
SO52107A Sociology of Religion in the Modern World | 314 | Sociology | 50 |
PO52025A An(Other) Japan: Politics, Ideology, Culture | 298 | Politics | 38 |
The City and Consumer Culture | 274 | Media & Comms | 34 |
PO71046A The Politics of Human Rights | 251 | Politics | 16 |
The Lure of the Ordinary | 251 | Art | 15 |
DR71093A Practice and Placement Reflection | 245 | Theatre & Perf | 20 |
Introduction to Political Economy | 241 | Politics | 100 |
IM51010A Introductory Economics | 234 | IMS | 160 |
CU71025A POLICY LAB AND PLACEMENTS | 234 | Cultural Studies | 30 |
Average | 396.85 |
Overall Reading List Coverage by Department
Department
|
#Modules
|
#Lists
|
% Covered
|
Anthropology
|
82
|
74
|
90.24%
|
Visual Cultures
|
92
|
59
|
64.13%
|
Politics
|
87
|
58
|
66.67%
|
STACS
|
125
|
65
|
52.00%
|
Sociology
|
95
|
53
|
55.79%
|
CELAW
|
18
|
9
|
50.00%
|
History
|
113
|
56
|
49.56%
|
Education
|
94
|
50
|
53.19%
|
English
|
150
|
52
|
34.67%
|
Design
|
63
|
18
|
28.57%
|
IMS
|
46
|
16
|
34.78%
|
Theatre & Perf
|
83
|
26
|
31.33%
|
ICCE
|
47
|
14
|
29.79%
|
Cultural Studies
|
30
|
10
|
33.33%
|
Music
|
113
|
27
|
23.89%
|
Media & Comms
|
172
|
35
|
20.35%
|
Psychology
|
110
|
22
|
20.00%
|
Confuscius
|
17
|
3
|
17.65%
|
Art
|
26
|
1
|
3.85%
|
Computing
|
112
|
0
|
0.00%
|
Total
|
1675
|
648
|
38.69%
|
If you’d like to see if your reading list is available electronically, either search the reading lists system by either course title or code. Alternatively, it could be linked via the VLE. If you’re a lecturer and you’d like your list added to the reading lists system this year or next, email readinglists@gold.ac.uk in the first instance.
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