Primo at Coventry University

The situation before primo

• Different places to search • OPAC • Metalib • Equalla (Institutional Repository)

• Different Methods of authentication • Barcode • Active Directory • Athens

Primo identified as suitable solution to replace existing OPAC.

Primo implementation project. JISC Usability project.

http://covprimo.blogspot.co.uk

Primo marketed as Locate.

Locate soft launch.

Primo Central Index implemented.

JISC Locateme project.

http://covlocatme.blogspot.co.uk

Official launch of Locate.

A System that is used 24 hours a day

65%

22%

13%

Searches by time of day Nov 2011

9am-5pm

5pm-10pm

10pm-8am

A System that is used 24 hours a day

52%

27%

21%

Searches by time of day Jan 2015

9am-5pm

5pm-10pm

10pm-8am

7 days a week

Monday 19%

Tuesday 19%

Wednesday 17%

Thrusday 17%

Friday 15%

Saturday 6%

Sunday 7%

Searches by day Nov 2011

7 days a week

Monday 13%

Tuesday 18%

Wednesday 19% Thursday

14%

Friday 15%

Saturday 14%

Sunday 7%

Searches by day Jan 2015

0

500000

1000000

1500000

2000000

2500000

3000000

Year: 2011 Year: 2012 Year: 2013 Year: 2014

Clickthrough - Searches

• eBook use

Year: 2012 Year: 2013 Year: 2014

Year: 2012

Year: 2013 Year: 2014

eBook use annual totals

• Journal use

0

1000000

2000000

3000000

4000000

5000000

2012 2013 2014

2012

2013 2014

JR1 Section Requests

• Searches on the native interface

4100000

4200000

4300000

4400000

4500000

4600000

4700000

4800000

2013 2014

Section Requests Searches (Native Interfaces)

39%

20%

9%

10%

10%

2% 4%

1% 2%

3%

SFX Sources 2010

Source A

sfxit.com:azlist

OPAC

Source B

All the rest

Source C

Google

Source D

Source E

sfxit.com:citation

32%

10%

10% 8%

8%

2%

6%

17%

2% 5%

SFX Sources 2011

Source A

sfxit.com:azlist

OPAC

Source B

All the rest

Source C

Google

Locate

Source D

sfxit.com:citation

29%

1%

2% 6%

6%

1% 7%

46%

1% 1%

SFX Sources 2012

Source A

sfxit.com:azlist

Source B

Source C

All the rest

Source D

Google

Locate

Source E

sfxit.com:citation

24%

1%

2% 4%

5%

1% 5%

56%

1% 1%

SFX Sources 2013

Source A

Source B

Source C

Source D

All the rest

sfxit.com:kbmanager

Google

Locate

Source E

sfxit.com:citation

2010 2011 2012 2013

57 64

71 75

% of Requests clicked on

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