Librarians as Master Gardeners
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Librarians as Master Gardeners
Making Statistics Bloom for Your Community
Criss Library Dashboard
Emily KestenJoyce Neujahr
Our Weedy Patch•Many statistics in many places•Many platforms•Formatting mess
•Many users and different logins•No true organization•Not useful
Our Vision•Free means to collect and display data•Easy to implement•Sustainable •Identify dashboard leaders from different departments
•Adaptable•Satisfied report needs•Internal •Connect to the campus community
•Advocacy•Demonstrate our Value
The Dig• Searched Library literature and Google•Prevalence of proprietary software•Primarily used in businesses
• Experimented with numerous examples of dashboards • Nothing library specific• If it was free there was little flexibility• Rest were costly
Our Gardening Tools of Choice
• Google Sites & Google Docs•Free•Easy•Customizable (mostly)•Updates in real time•Accessible anywhere, anytime•Choice of who sees and who edits
Seeds & Planting
•Google sites•Can use Excel and Google Docs •Easily upload or download •From wiki and drives to this
Blooming•Cultivate library data to visually connect departments within the library
•Annual reports•Collection development•Staffing•Sharing of statistics previously unavailable
• Wider campus community•Advocacy to other departments•ILL requests from departments
•Copyright Costs
•Web of Science Usage
•Purchased with help from Office of Research and Creativity
Do You?
• Have data and need information?
• Create annual reports?
• Need to show your value?
• Need a presentation for the decision makers?
Try A Visual presentation • Easier to understand • Easier to remember
Questions?Comments?
[email protected]@unomaha.edu