Library Analytics
Published on Mar 28, 2016
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
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- Analytic database (Data Mart - Agile)
- Business intelligence (BI) reporting
- Optimized for a library environment
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Why Agile Data Mart?
- Relatively low cost
- Easy setup & maintenance
- Advantageous for customer-centric data
- Optimimal for a single subject
- Powerful even with only a few analysts
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Functionality
- Recognize trends in circulation
- Determine most popular services
- Predict staffing needs
- Additional customizable metrics
- Track librarian interactions
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Reporting
- Customizable visualizations
- Easy to understand representations
- Varying specificity
- Built in or custom queries
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What Can We Do With The Data?
- Add titles based on trends
- Anticipate circulation shortages
- Adequately staff key positions
- Expand popular programs
- Better stock most loaned items
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What Can We Do With The Data?
- Better understand patrons' needs
- Identify common questions in advance
- Specificity for better budgeting
- Connect patrons with similar interests
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How To Implement
- Smallish database can be hosted locally
- Supported by in-house IT
- Dedicated team of Business Analysts
- Card readers at librarians' desks for tracking
- Little buy-in required (mostly back-end)
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Conclusion
- Analytics database for libraries
- Track interactions and circulation
- Data used for better decision making
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