Tabatha Farney
Director of Web Services & Emerging Technologies
University of Colorado Colorado Springs
tfarney@uccs.edu | @sharebrarian
Digital Analytics
in a Nutshell
What is Digital Analytics?
Digital Analytics is “the measurement,
collection, analysis and reporting of internet
data for purposes of understanding and
optimizing digital usage.”
– Digital Analytics Association
How does this differ to Web
Analytics?
Web
Analytics
Digital
Analytics
So what does that mean?
Data from digital media
• Websites
• Emails
• Social media
• Streaming media
• Hosted content
• Mobile apps
• Site searches
• Scripted objects
• Blogs
• …and the list
goes on…
Digital Analytics & Libraries
The Library Web Presence
library
website
vendor
content
social
media
sites
link
resolver
library
catalog
Digital Analytics & Libraries
The Library Web Presence
vendor
content
link
resolver
library
catalog
library
website
social
media
sites
The Tools
There isn’t ONE tool to rule them all…
The Tools
Counter
And the list
goes on…
Digital Analytics & Libraries
vendor
content
link
resolver
library
catalog
library
website
social
media
sites Link
Digital Analytics in LITA IG
• Resource to share ideas and
best practices
• Innovators and creative space
• Proud home to analytics
enthusiasts and newbies
• Agile enough to transform and
adapt
Get Involved!
Consider being one of our panelists at the 2015 ALA
Conference! Submit your ideas at: http://bit.ly/1FBWrEm
Come to our panel session on June 28, 2015 at ALA!
Join the list-serv: ada@lists.ala.org
Email either Tabby (tfarney@uccs.edu) or Cody
(cbehles@memphis.edu) if you are interested in a
leadership role for this Interest Group.

Digital analytics in a nutshell

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    Tabatha Farney Director ofWeb Services & Emerging Technologies University of Colorado Colorado Springs tfarney@uccs.edu | @sharebrarian Digital Analytics in a Nutshell
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    What is DigitalAnalytics? Digital Analytics is “the measurement, collection, analysis and reporting of internet data for purposes of understanding and optimizing digital usage.” – Digital Analytics Association
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    How does thisdiffer to Web Analytics? Web Analytics Digital Analytics
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    So what doesthat mean? Data from digital media • Websites • Emails • Social media • Streaming media • Hosted content • Mobile apps • Site searches • Scripted objects • Blogs • …and the list goes on…
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    Digital Analytics &Libraries The Library Web Presence library website vendor content social media sites link resolver library catalog
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    Digital Analytics &Libraries The Library Web Presence vendor content link resolver library catalog library website social media sites
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    The Tools There isn’tONE tool to rule them all…
  • 8.
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    Digital Analytics &Libraries vendor content link resolver library catalog library website social media sites Link
  • 10.
    Digital Analytics inLITA IG • Resource to share ideas and best practices • Innovators and creative space • Proud home to analytics enthusiasts and newbies • Agile enough to transform and adapt
  • 11.
    Get Involved! Consider beingone of our panelists at the 2015 ALA Conference! Submit your ideas at: http://bit.ly/1FBWrEm Come to our panel session on June 28, 2015 at ALA! Join the list-serv: ada@lists.ala.org Email either Tabby (tfarney@uccs.edu) or Cody (cbehles@memphis.edu) if you are interested in a leadership role for this Interest Group.