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In September 2006, we published a posting on IAALD blog metrics and use. We were proud to record 7,851 unique visitors and 18,500 page loads in the first year. How are we doing now?For this blog in 2007, 'StatCounter' recorded 36,000 page loads and 12,800 unique visitors (28,800 page loads and 10,800 visitors in 2006).Our RSS feeds and email alerts (that combine the blog posts with del.icio.us tagged items) were viewed 78,800 times in 2007, generating 2,500 clickthroughs to news items (this is sure rise in 2008 as we already recorded 22,000 views and 3,000 clickthroughs!).What are you reading? See the most viewed blog postings and feed items (at April 2008).Where are visitors coming from?ClusterMaps shows a truly global readership, except China, large chunks of Russia and Brazil, and some...

CTA just released a book on impact assessment. Entitled 'Perceptions and Practice: an Anthology of Impact Assessment Experiences' it collects the experiences of 61 storytellers — recounted through interviews and transcribed into stories — in assessing the impact of information-related development projects.From an agricultural perspective, it includes studies from: National Agricultural Marketing and Development Corporation (NAMDEVCO) information products, Trinidad and Tobago; Electronic Delivery of Agricultural Information (EDAI) telecentres project, Uganda; Aqua Outreach Programme (AOP) extension materials project, Thailand; Agricultural research organisations’ capacity development project, Latin America; and the CTA Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI) service, AfricaTags:...