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Reaching and Engaging Users

Reaching and Engaging Users. WDL Partner Meeting Munich, Germany November 14-15, 2011. Michelle Rago WDL Product Manager mrag@loc.gov. World Digital Library www.wdl.org. We want people around the world to be aware of this project and to learn about and explore this content.

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Reaching and Engaging Users

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  1. Reaching and Engaging Users WDL Partner Meeting Munich, Germany November 14-15, 2011 Michelle RagoWDL Product Managermrag@loc.gov

  2. World Digital Library www.wdl.org We want people around the world to be aware of this project and to learn about and explore this content.

  3. World Digital Library www.wdl.org How many people use the site? Where are they? How are they getting to the site? What are they doing once they get there? What do they think of the WDL?

  4. World Digital Library www.wdl.org How many users? January – October 2011 420,000 visits per month

  5. World Digital Library www.wdl.org Where are they?

  6. World Digital Library www.wdl.org Where are they? Top 20 countriesJanuary – October 2011 Spain: 20.7% Mexico: 11.6% Brazil: 10.5% United States: 8.8% Argentina: 7.5% China: 3.9%Colombia: 3.8%Portugal: 3%United Kingdom: 2.7%Germany: 2.6% Peru: 2.1%Russian Federation: 2%France: 1.8%Iran: 1.7%Venezuela: 1.6%Chile: 1.3%Canada: 0.9%Uruguay: 0.9%Sweden: 0.8%Costa Rica: 0.7%

  7. World Digital Library www.wdl.org Language of pages viewed: 2009

  8. World Digital Library www.wdl.org Language of pages viewed: 2011

  9. World Digital Library www.wdl.org How are they getting to the site? August – October 2011 Teacherrecommendation Spanish WDL Globo, Brazilian TV Waldseemüller world map Over 10 pages per visit Google Mexico (Interest caused by digital library researchers) Italian Wikipedia  Codex Gigas

  10. World Digital Library www.wdl.org What are they doing once they get there? August – October 2011

  11. World Digital Library www.wdl.org Top Content: January – October 2011 Antietam, Maryland. Allan Pinkerton, President Lincoln…Library of Congress The Light of the Eyes and the Enlightened Landscape of Vision National Library and Archives of Egypt Chola Woman, Full-Length Portrait, Standing, Facing Right, La Paz, BoliviaLibrary of Congress The BibleBavarian State Library Description of Egypt: Antiquities…Bibliotheca Alexandrina • Map of Spain and Portugal…National Library of BrazilTeresa Cristina Maria, Empress and Consort of Pedro II…National Library of Brazil • Sweden Ancient and ModernNational Library of SwedenMap of St. Augustine…Library of CongressCodex GigasNational Library of Sweden

  12. World Digital Library www.wdl.org The National Library of Albania has joined the World Digital Library. Welcome! @WDLorg • Launched Twitter account in May 2011 • Over 3,000 followers • Share news • Build relationships with influential Tweeters • Promote content (From UK history teacher) Primary source materials galore, nicely presented  New on WDL: a manuscript of Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Dangerous Liaisons). From @GallicaBnF. 

  13. World Digital Library www.wdl.org @WDLorg: From users Recomendo fortemente! Simplesmente perfeito! (Brazil) • Recommend • Discover/Announce • Share individual items Cool site for digital history (U.S) (From Dr. Love) A Newly Compiled Matchmaker's Wedding Very interesting website, totally accessible and for free. (Canada) Great thing. World Digital Library (Spain) WDL is great! WOW! Big thanks to UNESCO (Argentina) Práctica tu idioma favorito con textos muy variados e interesantes (Mexico) Biblioteca Digital Mundial, un excelente recurso de consulta! (Brazil) Regalo de la UNESCO para la humanidad… (Mexico)

  14. World Digital Library www.wdl.org Amazing place. Love it! What we are working on… • Partner reporting on use of your content • Improved reference/contact service

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