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Who looks into the catalogs of CSIC?: Some comments on the statistics of 2010

In 2010 consultations in the catalogs CSIC Library Network increased again, although this year the increase was a modest 5.4% compared to 2009 data. In fact, as seen in the table, the number of searches in the Web OPAC declined somewhat, but this decrease was offset by a slight increase of Z39.50 queries to the server and, above all, significant growth XML server application, due in large part to the 134,000 new inquiries from The Buscón , the metasearch of the NBS.

AÑO/SERVIDOR	WWW	XML	Z39.50	TOTAL
2009	1.588.068	573.515	229.621	2.393.213
2010	1.539.929	730.571	251.345	2,521,845

Consultations CSIC catalogs

We have analyzed the origin of the queries received catalogs, and data shows that 95% of known origin searches are performed from Spain, CSIC corresponding to 60% (see table).

AREA AFRICA

	SEE	%
CSIC	1,357,212	60.6
SPAIN EXCL. CSIC	762,981	34.1
EUROPE	54,811	2.4
Latin America	50,574	2,3
EEUU/CANADA	11.639	0,5
ASIA	479	0,0
	248	0.0
UNKNOWN	283,901

Consultations

catalogs by geographic area. The percentages are not considered searches of unknown origin

Among foreign users only Europe and Latin America have significant presence, and it is interesting to note that in both cases a few sources are responsible for a significant portion consultations. finder ColCat University Aveiro (Portugal) from the 72% of European searches, taking control of this University (ua.pt), fifth in the global ranking by number of domains consultations (see table). In Latin America, the concentration is not as exaggerated, but 28% of visits from com.mx domain and 25% of the UNAM (Mexico), these two domains occupy positions 12 and 14 ranking. Excluding the CSIC, 69% of visits come from institutions, especially universities, and the remaining 31% of companies or commercial Internet providers. Of the latter, Telefónica captures half, and the dominance of this company (rima-tde.net) ranks third in the ranking.

DOMAIN	WWW	XML	Z39_50	TOTAL	Name
csic . is	759,853 596,212		1,147	1,357,212	CSIC
bne.es.	8,341	134,317	0	142,658	BNE
rhyme-tde.net.	126,982	0	1115	128,097	Telefónica
uma.es.	31,922	0	21,125	53,047	U. Malaga
ua.pt.	39.600	0	0	39.600	U. Aveiro
usc.es.	2.032	0	35.599	37.631	U. Santiago
unav.es.	915	0	34.616	35.531	U. Navarra
ono.com.	32.484	0	2.457	34.941	Ono
uv.es.	5,396	0	27,463	32,859	U. Valencia
Ugr.es	6,603	0	21,864	28,467	U. Granada

The ten domains with the highest number of visits to the catalogs

data on the use of the catalogs by the CSIC reveal the enormous weight of the Humanities and social sciences institutes in the use of catalogs (see table). The 9 centers in this area carry 57% of consultations, while 66 centers of Science and Technology are responsible for only 29% of the searches (the rest belongs to Information and Documentation). The mean number of visits per site in the Humanities (45 907) is 15 times that of Science and Technology (3058). The Center for Humanities and Social Sciences by itself accounts for 40% of all queries from the CSIC.

AREA	CENTERS	CONSULTATIONS OPAC	%	SFX (%)
BIOL. AND BIOMEDICAL	12	28,977	4.0 14.7
C. AGRICULTURAL	12	27,082	3.8	17.3
C. MATERIAL	5	18,304	2.5	13.6
C. T. Y FOOD	4	9486	1,3	6,8
C. Y T. FISICAS	12	28.591	4,0	9,5
C. AND T. CHEMICAL	6	19,132	2.7	16.2
HUMANITIES AND C. SOC	9	413.159	57,5	4,3
INF. Y DOCUMENTACION	2	103.744	14,4	1,0
NATURAL RESOURCES	15	70,272	9.8	16.7

Consultations to catalogs and the SFX linking system by area

CSIC

is interesting to contrast the use of catalogs, which contain mainly, but not limited to, information on the print collection, using the shuttle electronic journals CSIC SFX, which can be an indicator of the index use of electronic resources (see table). The Science and Technology centers account for 96% of the accesses SFX, compared to 4.3% of the humanities and social sciences. A revealing fact is that in the Humanities institutes made 18 queries to the catalog for each access SFX, while in Science and Technology for each search in the catalog are hits SFX 2.5, the patterns of use can not be more different.

Complete data statistics can be viewed at: http://bibliotecas.csic.es/documents/estadisticas_www_z39_2010.pdf

Gaspar Olmedo
Andalucía Coordinator Coordinating Unit of the CSIC Library
acbic@cica.es