ELM Stats: Usage and Instruction

ELM Usage ELM usage continues to grow each fiscal year.  The following table shows the usage by searches and full-text retrievals for the first four years of the current contract cycle.   ELM Instruction Minitex Reference Outreach and Instruction (ROI) staff increased the awareness and usage of the resources in the Electronic Library for Minnesota (ELM) by coordinating and providing instruction on and promoting the statewide databases and electronic books licensed by Minitex for use by patrons of Minnesota libraries and school media centers.  In FY14 to date, 60 instructional sessions have been offered by ROI and attended by 1,038 (1,092 registered) library and school media staff, teachers, students, and home educators.