Category: usage statistics

Since the launch of the site on September 1, 2008 through February 28, 2009, the Rose team has noted the following usage statistics:

• 9,216 visits from 100 different countries or territories
• The top five countries represented (in order): United States, United Kingdom, France, Spain, Canada
• 6,902 absolute unique visitors
• 25% of these visitors have returned to the site
• 267 of these visitors have used the site 9-14 times
• 160 of these visitors have used the site 15-25 times
• 458 of these visits lasted between 10-30 minutes
• 72 of these visits lasted over 30 minutes

The Walters Art Museum and the Sheridan Libraries at Johns Hopkins University recently hosted a reception in honor of the Roman de la Rose exhibition at the Walters. We will soon post photos from this reception on the blog.

For the first four months of the Roman de la Rose Digital Library (through December 31, 2008), we have noted the following usage statistics:

• 5,373 visits from 89 different countries or territories
• The top five countries represented (in order): United States, United Kingdom, France, Spain, Canada
• 4,108 absolute unique visitors
• 24% of these visitors have returned to the site
• 124 of these visitors have used the site 9-14 times
• 52 of these visitors have used the site 15-25 times
• 268 of these visits lasted between 10-30 minutes
• 36 of these visits lasted over 30 minutes

We have received the images for 11 new manuscripts from the Bibliothèque nationale de France system which will be added soon to the Digital Library.

Following the first three months of the Roman de la Rose Digital Library, we have noted the following usage statistics through November 30, 2008:

• 4,299 visits from 83 different countries or territories
• The top five countries represented (in order): United States, United Kingdom, France, Spain, Canada
• 3,313 absolute unique visitors
• 23% of these visitors have returned to the site
• 95 of these visitors have used the site 9-14 times
• 45 of these visitors have used the site 15-25 times
• 215 of these visits lasted between 10-30 minutes
• 26 of these visits lasted over 30 minutes

We have launched a survey of individuals who requested passwords for the previous Roman de la Rose website. The results of this survey will help us determine the best strategy for establishing the Roman de la Rose membership community that will help sustain the Digital Library.

If you wish to complete the survey, we have placed a link to the survey on the main page of the Roman de la Rose Digital Library.

Following the first two months of the Roman de la Rose Digital Library, we have noted the following usage statistics:

• 2,056 visits from 72 different countries or territories
• The top five countries represented (in order): United States, United Kingdom, France, Spain, Germany
• 1,500 absolute unique visitors
• 28% of these visitors have returned to the site
• 68 of these visitors have used the site 9-14 times
• 38 of these visitors have used the site 15-25 times
• 103 of these visits lasted between 10-30 minutes
• 20 of these visits lasted over 30 minutes

We have heard directly from two scholars who are using the Roman de la Rose Digital Library for teaching or research purposes. We are launching a survey in November as part of our effort to develop the Roman de la Rose membership society. We hope that you will join our growing community.

It’s been about one month since we launched the new Roman de la Rose Digital Library. We are planning to publicize the Digital Library through various mailing lists in a few days. Even without widespread publicity, we have noted the following usage statistics in the first month (we have filtered out our own use of the site):

• 906 visits from 49 different countries or territories
• The top five countries represented (in order): United States, Spain, United Kingdom, France, Germany
• 640 absolute unique visitors
• 30% of these visitors have returned to the site
• 32 of these visitors have used the site 9-14 times
• 22 of these visitors have used the site 15-25 times
• 50 of these visits lasted between 10-30 minutes
• 16 of these visits lasted over 30 minutes

We look forward to more visits over time.