How To Track Wi-Fi Sessions at Your Library | LJ Index 2018

by Keith Curry Lance
Oct 30, 2018 | Filed in Leadership
A variety of solutions for counting Wi-Fi sessions in public libraries are available; some for free, and many at modest cost.

A variety of solutions for counting Wi-Fi sessions in public libraries are available; some for free, and many at modest cost. For more information, see the following resources:
 

Colorado State Library, Library Research Service: Strategies for Tracking and Reporting Wifi Usage

Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives: Measuring Wireless Sessions—Hardware and Software Solutions

Mississippi Library Commission: WiFi Counting Solutions, Public Library Statistics

Nebraska Library Commission: The Data Dude—PLS WiFi

New Jersey State Library, JerseyConnect: Getting the Number of Wireless Sessions from the Meraki Dashboard

New Jersey’s Bergen County Cooperative Library System: Tracking WiFi Usage at Your Library

Wisconsin’s South Central Library System (Madison): Enterprise Wireless Usage Reports

Ginny Mies: Tips, Tricks, and Advice for Collecting Wi-Fi Stats at Your Library

Who’s on My WiFi: Demonstrate and Increase Your Library’s Impact with Data-Driven Insights

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—Keith Curry Lance

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