2. Harvard Library Lab
“To create better services for
students and faculty and to join
with others in fashioning the
information society of
the future.”
5. Analytics for Librarians &
Patrons Alike
• Expand to encompass additional dimensions of data
• Highlight trends and expose patterns
• Make the data engaging enough to interest patrons
• Open source and usable for other libraries
6. Step 1: Research
• Literature review
• Interviews with librarians and archivists
• Review of existing projects
Full report online at: http://goo.gl/snZdc
10. Stage 2: Prototype
• Determined a focus for the prototype
• Engaged design & data visualization team
• Facilitated conversations between library
staff and the design team
11.
12. Needs more work...
• Key information isn’t immediately obvious
• Not visually engaging
• Difficult to see high-level information to
identify patterns & trends
13. Step 3: Alpha
• New color scheme and navigation method
• Displays key data in a way that highlights
trends over time
• More focused presentation
16. Next Steps
• E-Resource usage data
• Add depth to Library of Congress subject headings
• Expenditure information by subject
• Library usage metrics from other departments
17. Discussion
• What data is your library collecting now?
• What data would you like to collect?
• What features would you find most useful
in an analytics dashboard?