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How Interactive Graphic Displays are Transforming Collection Development

Decisions

Rachel Lewellen – Assessment LibrarianPaulina Borrego – Science & Engineering Librarian

Collection Development and Data Visualization

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Data Visualization - Tableau• Easier for staff to understand and use visual data• Good for communication and sharing• Useful tool for analysis

Transforming Collection Development• Able to use and understand collection data• Conversation and discussion• Allocations• Transparency

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LC and School and College

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School and College Expenditures FY2011-2013

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Considerations

Investment• Time• Money

Public vs private sharing

Underlying data needs to be properly structured

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“The Cornell study reinforces data from a study conducted at the University of Pittsburgh over three decades ago. That study reported that 40% of monographs never circulated during the first six years after purchase. If a book does not circulate within the first six years, the chances of it ever circulating drop to one in fifty. At ARL institutions, 56% of books never circulate.”

Stewart, C. (2011). The next chapter: Measuring the pace of change for print monograph collections. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 37(4), 355-357.

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Making the known visible

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Transforming Collection Development Decisions

Transformed abstract ideas of the collection into concrete understandable reality

Informs item level decision making

Informs format decisions

Informs allocation distribution across subject areas and purchase programs

Used to communicate collections information with stakeholders

Demonstrates fiscal accountability and responsibility

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Tableau Public Dashboards

Purchasing and Circulation• https://public.tableausoftware.com/profile/library.assessm

ent#!/vizhome/ALEPHPurcasingandCirc/OrderGroupDashboard

EBL• https://public.tableausoftware.com/views/EBL_Public/EBLP

ilot-PublisherDashboard?:embed=y&:display_count=no

Electronic Resources – MINES• https

://public.tableausoftware.com/profile/library.assessment#!/vizhome/NEW_MINESFY2014_extract_Public_1/UserGroupDashboard

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Questions?

RLewellen@library.umass.edu

PBorrego@library.umass.edu