Voyages of Discoverability: Using analytics to assess the impact of EDS at Leeds Beckett University

Like many institutions, Leeds Beckett University have attempted to assess the impact of our EDS Implementation. Using recommendations from EBSCO, and looking at the developments related to the COUNTER 4 code of practice, we created a ‘Discoverability’ measure, and have more recently started to use Google Analytics to gain insight into the user’s experience of using EDS. This talk outlined our experiences, initial findings and limitations of using quantitative measures to try and analyse impact. This presentation's key points were: – Why we decided to try and assess the impact of the resource Discovery tool – How we came about this measure – Its success and limitation – Use of Google Analytics to try and gain insights into the user’s search experience – Customisations to EDS as a result of this.