The Library History Buff

Promoting the appreciation, enjoyment, and preservation of library history

Fun Facts about The Library History Buff Web Site
http://www.libraryhistorybuff.org/

The Library History Buff Web site was established in March 2005.  It was preceded by the Librariana Web site ( http://my.execpc.com/~nixlt/ ) which was established in October 2002.  Both were established by Larry T. Nix.

The Librarians' Index to the Internet (LII) has indexed this site. To see the entry click here.

Web Site Statistics for 2007 and Most Recent 12 Month Period (in parenthesis)

Successful requests for pages (page views): 152,391 (172,816)

Most active month for page requests:  April 07 - 16,583 (March 08 -18,728)

Distinct hosts served: 35,966 (42,950)

Number of pages with at least 3,000 requests: (11)

Number of pages with at least 2,000 requests: (23)

Number of pages with at least 1,000 requests: (59)

Most requested pages (excluding the home page and the introductory pages to major categories) in order of the number of requests received:

     Card catalog cabinets  (9,157)

      Carnegie Libraries  (4,123)

     Boston Public Library (3,489)

     Library People on Stamps (World) (3,378)

     U.S. library history links (3,155)

    Public library stamp (3,049)

     Philatelic Tribute to National Library Week (3,032)

     Peterborough Town Library (2, 578)

     Library buttons (2,378)

    Evolution of the Card Catalog (2,288)

    Library souvenir spoons (2,143)

     Bibliophilately (2,141)

     Library Postcards (2,118)

     Advocacy for Librarians on Stamps  (2,104)

    Benjamin Franklin (2,083

     Wisconsin Carnegie Libraries (2,064)

     Library Cover Stories 2007 (2,044)

     Library Postal Cards (2,013)

    Tabard Inn Library (1,980)

 Most used query phrases:

    "library history"

    "card catalog cabinet"

    "antique card catalog"

    "andrew carnegie"

    "national library week 2008"

    "card catalog furniture"

    "kinds of library card catalog"

    "card catalogs"

    "library card catalog cabinet"

    "history buff"

    "library card cabinet"

    "library card catalog furniture"

    "kinds of card catalog"

    "card catalog cabinets"

    "antique library card catalog"

Google Statistics (on May 1, 2008)

Search "library history". Results:  The site is #1 of 605,000.

Search "librariana". Results: The site is #2 of 15,300.

Search "library history buff". Results: 1,550 hits.

  This site created and maintained by Larry T. Nix

  Send comments or questions to nix@libraryhistorybuff.org

  Last updated: 5-01-08   © 2005-2008 Larry T. Nix