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?

ekesten@unomaha.edujneujahr@unomaha.edu