A recent blog post by Ken Varnum, Web Systems Manager at the University of Michigan, details the impact of the Summon service on article discovery by MLibrary users. With the new Summon-powered version ArticlesPlus launched in Sept 2010 Varnum notes “Usage has increased immediately, and has been growing ever since.” This analysis focuses on comparing Fall semester statistics year over year and includes charts and graphs illustrating a significant increase in article discovery. Read the full blog post.
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