TRAIL Metrics

 

TRAIL statistics are updated every six months, generally in January and July.  Some statistics reported below are for the most recent six months, while others are cumulative.

The statistics below are current as of March 17, 2024.

Cumulative Statistics

Number of TRAIL reports available in the HathiTrust Digital Library

 66,195

Number of TRAIL items available in the University of North Texas Digital Library

 32,509

Total Reports/Items in Repositories

124,865

Total Reports/Items Available

 98,704

 

Statistics for the most recent six-month period (July - December 2023)

Number of technical reports processed for digitization

1,469

Usage of TRAIL content held at the University of North Texas

192,753

Number of TRAIL search interface sessions

 2,096

Number of TRAIL search interface users

 1,576

 

Current Statistics (as of January 1, 2024)

Number of TRAIL institutional members

 59

Number of TRAIL personal members

 14

 

Definitions

Number of reports processed

The number of reports that have been processed and counted in one of TRAIL's repositories. Processed reports may not be publicly available.

 

Total Reports/Items Available    
The combined number of reports (from each TRAIL repository) that are available for public view.

 

Usage of UNT-located TRAIL content

The number of uses of the TRAIL items stored in the University of North Texas (UNT) Digital Library.  It is not yet technically possible to provide similar usage statistics for the TRAIL content stored in the HathiTrust Digital Library, TRAIL’s other digitization/preservation partner.

 

Number of TRAIL search interface sessions

The number of times individual IP/browser combinations accessed the TRAIL search interface for up to 30 minutes.

 

Number of TRAIL search interface users

The number of individual IP/browser combinations that access the TRAIL search interface.

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