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Tableau Unleashed: Visualizing Library Data
Jeremy Buhler, Assessment Librarian, University of British Columbia Library
Rachel Lewellen, Assessment Librarian, UMass Amherst Libraries
Sarah Murphy, Coordinator of Assessment, The Ohio State University Libraries
Library Assessment Conference Building Effective, Sustainable, Practical Assessment August 4, 2014
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Tableau Supports Library Assessment
• Integrate querying, exploring, andvisualization of data into a single process;
• Produce flexible, in-depth, multi-dimensional,and interactive displays;
• Access and drill-down into data directly,minimizing data silos while saving employeetime; and
• Transition from static to dynamic reporting
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Questions Guiding Our Discussion
• Discuss how your library has incorporatedTableau into its assessment program.
• What impact has Tableau had on your abilityto make sense of large data sets, make dataaccessible, and improve stakeholdercommunications?
• Where does Tableau fit in your library’s datastrategy?
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UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
http://go.osu.edu/OSUL_ResearchServicesDashboard
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UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
http://go.osu.edu/OSUL_ResearchServicesDashboard
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UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
http://go.osu.edu/OSUL_ResearchServices
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UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
http://go.osu.edu/OSUL_ResearchServices
• Blends data from LibAnswers and previous
incarnations of the OSU Libraries’ Ask
Database
• Over 200,000 rows
• May post a data set with up to 1 million rows
on Tableau Public
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UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
http://go.osu.edu/GateCount
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UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
http://go.osu.edu/GateCount
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UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
http://go.osu.edu/GateCount
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UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
ILLIAD(AllBorrowing)2010-
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UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
ILLIAD(AllBorrowing)2010-
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UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
ILLIAD(AllBorrowing)2010-
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UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
ILLIAD(AllBorrowing)2010-
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UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
ILLIAD(AllBorrowing)2010-
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UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
ILLIAD(AllBorrowing)2010-
• Data blended from ILLIAD, Sierra, and other
sources
• Librarians assigned to user department
• User department not a good surrogate for
interdisciplinary research areas
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UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
ILLIAD(AllBorrowingLanguages)2010-
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UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
ILLIAD(AllBorrowingLanguages)2010-
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UMass Amherst Libraries
Rachel Lewellen
Assessment Librarian
August 4, 2014
Tableau at UMass Amherst
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Guiding Questions
Tableau is a major component of our assessment program
• Increase our capacity to use library data
• Analyze and communicate data
• Support decision making
• Practical department level decisions
• Broad collection, service, and facilities implications
• Demonstrate fiscal accountability and budgetary needs
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Selector Dashboard
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Non Circulating Items with Duplication Status
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LC Class, FY 2011-2013
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School and College Total - FY11-14
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School and College Total with Circ – FY11-13
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Order Group Total – FY11-13
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EBL Dashboard by Library
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EBL Use Summary Dashboard
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EBL Trigger Purchase Scenarios
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Spreadsheet Compared to Visual Display
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Jeremy Buhler
Assessment Librarian
[email protected] August 4, 2014
Tableau at UBC Library Drilling into the data
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An effective dashboard answers a specific question. An effective dashboard leads to more and better informed questions. Tableau makes it easier to respond.
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Example #1 How is the circulation workload distributed across UBC Library branches?
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2013/14 circulation: % activity by month
Summer
24% of annual total
38%
10%
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2013/14 circulation: % activity by hour
6-10pm
16% of daily total
10%
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2013/14 circulation: % activity by hour
Discharging
items later in the
day to improve
workload balance
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Example #2 What do LibQUAL results tell us about respondents’ priorities?
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LibQUAL: visualizing results
orange band is the range between
minimum (6.8) and desired (8.2)
service levels
blue dot shows perception of the
service UBC Library provides
LibQUAL service levels
desired
perceived
minimum
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LibQUAL: performance by service area
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The printed
library materials I
need for my work
LibQUAL: change across user groups Collections and access priorities
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LibQUAL: change over time The printed library materials I need for my work
Health Sciences Humanities Science/Math Social Sciences
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Recommended reading Few, Stephen. Information dashboard design: The effective visual communication of data. O’Reilly, 2006.