Friday Links – May 10

May 10, 2013 by
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An interesting visual representation of 105 of the most common metadata standards. More →

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Friday Links – May 3

May 3, 2013 by
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Makes you want to be an archivist!
How long can you work on making a routine task more efficient before you’re spending more time than you save? http://xkcd.com/1205/

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April 2013 Social Media Stats

May 2, 2013 by
Categories: LIS Staff Interest, Middlebury Community Interest

The following stats refer to activity on the Middlebury College Facebook page, the Middlebury College Twitter account, and share buttons on the main Middlebury College website. For trend comparison, the previous month’s statistics are included in parentheses, where appropriate.

Facebook Insights

  • 232 (326) new people liked our Page, while 54 (94) people unliked our Page.
  • 1032 (1286) unique people shared stories about our page. These stories include liking our Page, posting to our Page’s Wall, liking, commenting on or sharing one of our Page posts, answering a Question we posted, RSVPing to one of our events, mentioning our Page, phototagging our Page or checking in at our Place. [Daily People Talking About This]
  • 33979 (34072) unique people saw one of the items shared in that way. [Daily Viral Reach]
  • 74593 (84316) unique people saw content associated with our Page. [Daily Total Reach]

Top Five Facebook Posts

“Reach” is the number of people who saw the post. “Engagement” is the number of people who clicked on the post.

  1. New York Times notes Middlebury’s pioneering Feb program in this story about mid-year admissions. Reach: 8927, Engagement: 804
  2. The Burlington Free Press offers high praise for Middlebury athletics. Reach: 7436, Engagement: 399
  3. Political science prof. Erik Bleich offers a new take on diversification in higher ed. in today’s Atlantic Wire. Reach: 6795, Engagement: 377
  4. Vote for Middlebury to win the Climate Leadership Award from Second Nature. Midd is a finalist for this prestigious award, but we need your help to win. Click the link below and VOTE for Middlebury’s video. Please SHARE this with your FB friends, and let’s spread the word about Middlebury’s climate leadership! Reach: 6255, Engagement: 242
  5. Check out U.S. Army Lt. Emily Núñez ’12 in Bloomberg Businessweek! Emily and her sister just launched a business venture with help from Middlebury’s Center for Social Entrepreneurship. Emily will be deployed to Afghanistan later this year. Reach: 6252, Engagement: 353

ShareThis

ShareThis is a service that tracks the clicks on the sharing buttons on our website. These buttons are shown on news postings, which are primarily found in the News Room, Arts, Sustainability, and Athleticssections of the site.

Shares By Channel

  • Email: 48 (33) Shares, 326 (278) Clicks
  • Facebook: 42 (85) Shares, 3461 (6024) Clicks
  • Twitter: 29 (41) Shares, 366 (722) Clicks
  • LinkedIn: 5 (14) Shares, 0 (1) Clicks

Top Five Shared Pages

  1. Middlebury College offers 1,750 students acceptance to the Class of 2017. Shares: 27, Clicks 695
  2. Middlebury College mourns loss of Kathryn Wasserman Davis. Shares: 10, Clicks 906
  3. Men’s Lacrosse Sets Records, Advances To NESCAC Semis. Shares: 6, Clicks 52
  4. Hoffman Earns NESCAC Player Of The Week Honors. Shares: 4, Clicks 29
  5. Middlebury College Theatre Program Presents “Undressing Cinderella” April 10-13. Shares: 4, Clicks 26

Data Sets

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April 2013 Web Stats

May 2, 2013 by
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For trend comparison, the previous month’s statistics are included in parentheses.

Traffic

  1. www.middlebury.edu: 477,603 (503,806) visits from 262,735 (271,839) people
  2. sites.middlebury.edu: 61,992 (59,798) visits from 50,683 (48,237) people
  3. menus.middlebury.edu: 44,602 (37,682) visits from 23,930 (21,004) people
  4. catalog.middlebury.edu 23,923 (9,128) visits from 21,025 (8,430) people
  5. courses.middlebury.edu: 22,032 (19,818) visits from 16,569 (14,217) people
  6. mediawiki.middlebury.edu: 19,982 (19,622) visits from 18,849 (18,237) people
  7. portal.middlebury.edu: 18,434 (14,251) visits from 13,886 (10,605) people
  8. web.middlebury.edu: 12,910 (10,257) visits from 11,965 (9,685) people
  9. biblio.middlebury.edu: 12,485 (9,974) visits from 10,676 (8,896) people
  10. eres.middlebury.edu: 11,465 (12,496) visits from 9,944 (9,971) people

Top Pages

  1. www.middlebury.edu: 255,909 (257,489) pageviews
  2. menus.middlebury.edu: 45,486 (38,390) pageviews
  3. catalog.middlebury.edu/schedules/index/catalog/catalog/MCUG/term/term/201390: 42,379 (7,306) pageviews
  4. www.middlebury.edu/athletics: 31,097 (40,349) pageviews
  5. www.middlebury.edu/academics: 25,502 (22,684) pageviews
  6. portal.middlebury.edu/home: 21,443 (16,932) pageviews
  7. courses.middlebury.edu/dashboard: 20,794 (18,449) pageviews
  8. courses.middlebury.edu: 18,973 (17,365) pageviews
  9. web.middlebury.edu/database/directory/Default.aspx: 17,156 (14,120) pageviews
  10. www.middlebury.edu/admissions: 16,541 (22,049) pageviews

Search Terms

  1. Search Midd: 576 (717)
  2. academic calendar: 255 (272)
  3. floor plans: 154 (29)
  4. course hub: 143 (149)
  5. menu: 137 (159)
  6. symposium: 131 (25)
  7. moodle: 123 (126)
  8. schedule planner: 109 (11)
  9. mojo: 106 (182)
  10. preview days: 98 (45)

Browsers

  • Safari: 37.25% (36.64%)
  • Chrome: 24.30% (22.38%)
  • Firefox: 17.12% (16.96%)
  • Internet Explorer: 16.83% (17.37%)
    • IE8: 9.12% (9.00%)
    • IE9: 4.18% (5.51%)
    • IE7: 1.92% (2.01%)
    • IE10: 1.53% (0.76%)
    • IE6: 0.09% (0.09%)
  • Android Browser: 1.13% (1.26%)

Platforms

  • Macintosh: 45.28% (42.04%)
  • Windows: 39.14% (39.16%)
  • iOS: 11.15% (12.25%)
  • Android: 1.51% (1.59%)
  • Linux: 0.37% (0.38%)
  • BlackBerry: 0.10% (0.12%)
  • Windows Phone: 0.07% (0.05%)

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24/7 Exam period at the libraries

April 29, 2013 by
Categories: LIS Staff Interest, Middlebury Community Interest, Post for MiddNotes, Post for MiddPoints

The Davis Family Library will be providing extended hours during the last week of classes and the exam period.

24/7 hours will start at 9:00 am on Sunday, 5/5 and will end at 8 pm on Tuesday, 5/21. Bring your ID – card access is required between 11 pm and 7:30 am (9 am on Saturday and Sunday). Guest passwords for computer access will not be issued between the hours of 11 pm and 8 am.

Armstrong Library will have regular hours during this period, with later closing times on Friday 5/17 and Saturday 5/18.

Check here for up to date hours at all Libraries.

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Moodle Maintenance on Saturday, May 4th, from 3am-7am

April 29, 2013 by
Categories: Helpdesk Alerts, LIS Staff Interest, Middlebury Community Interest, Post for MiddPoints

From our Moodle host:

Good afternoon,

I am writing to notify you of a pending planned downtime to enable Remote-Learner’s technical support team to upgrade the configuration of your Moodle Private Cloud Service (MPCS).  Please be aware of the following:

  • Planned downtime window for your site(s) is Saturday, May 4, 2013 – 3am to 7am EDT.

  • Your site(s) will be unavailable for four (4) hours while the MPCS upgrade occurs.

The MPCS upgrade will enhance our ability to provide effective support and maintenance of your Moodle server.  We will not be upgrading or changing the version of your Moodle or ELIS site(s) during this process.  Thank you in advance for your cooperation and understanding as we continue to improve our ability to provide you the best service possible.

Sincerely,

Rod Deter, Vice- President of Client Services

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Innovative Users Group – a conference report

April 26, 2013 by
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The annual Innovative Users Group conference was held in San Francisco April 23-26. Three from Middlebury attended. Here are some of the highlights from my perspective. More →

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Welcome David Wright

April 26, 2013 by
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Please welcome David Wright to LIS. David will be joining LIS as a Media Services Temp, working with us from 4/30/13 to 7/22/13.
David comes with a good deal of audio recording experience which he gained from Full Sail University, and while working in NYC for three years as an Audio Engineer. He also worked with the Hilton and the Basin Harbor Club on event setups, including audio and video. David DJs in his free time.

David will start off with a desk behind Circulation and move into LIB202A soon.

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