Gus Falkenberg, Technology and Design Director, Indianhead Federated Library System We are often swimming in data we collect about our patrons and their usage of our library resources, but how can we make sense of those numbers in a way that will help us improve or adjust our services? In this presentation, you’ll learn about a statistics dashboard created by the Indianhead Federated Library System for member libraries to see and interpret data collected from a variety of sources in order to get a fuller picture of library resource usage. This dashboard incorporates ILS data, e-materials information, and wireless and computer usage into visual data display to help libraries further understand how their resources are being used by their communities.

1. TURNING NUMBERS INTOTURNING NUMBERS INTO
KNOWLEDGE:KNOWLEDGE:
A STATISTICS DASHBOARDA STATISTICS DASHBOARD
dashboard.iflsweb.org
Gus Falkenberg
Technology and Design Director
Indianhead Federated Library System
July 2015

2. THE PROBLEMTHE PROBLEM
Data all over
Not using what data we have
Using the same data over and over again

12. GOALS FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENTGOALS FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT
Data in one place
Dead simple/low friction
Easy to use elsewhere (API's)

13. DEMODEMO
http://dashboard.iflsweb.org

14. ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENTROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT
Refactor for speed/flexibility
Make comparisons easy
More export options
More reports
Customizable by user
Real statistical analysis

15. DISCUSSIONDISCUSSION
How do you use data?
How are you limited?
Privacy

16. UNDER THE HOODUNDER THE HOOD
Nginx
Mysql Redis
NodeJS
ExpressJS
Jade
jQuery
jqPlot
Bootstrap
FontAwesome
jQueryUI
Piwik
Daterangepicker
sticktytabs
Ruby
Coming to Github soon...

17. THANK YOUTHANK YOU
HAVE A QUESTION LATER?HAVE A QUESTION LATER?
Gus Falkenberg
falkenberg@ifls.lib.wi.us
715-839-5082 x113