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S30-01 - The Bigger Picture: Creating a Statistics Dashboard That Ties Collection Building to Research
Conference Track
2. Collection Development & Assessment
Learning Objectives
Following this session, participants will be able to identify what their library is trying to accomplish in creating a statistics dashboard.
Following this session, participants will be able to articulate why a dashboard could be a useful tool for their library. Need to secure more funding? Add to library outreach efforts within the community? Demonstrate that the library has great value and can create a compelling product? All of these reasons (and more) are valid reasons for creating a statistics dashboard.
Following this session, participants will be able to consider how the visualization of use data/statistics might inform their library’s collection management strategy.
Abstract
The Collection Development Office at University of Wyoming Libraries was tasked with designing a statistics dashboard that ties collection-building efforts to research at the university. The project lead will discuss the what, why, and how of building a dashboard that features quantitative and qualitative information about the Libraries’ collection.
*This short talk is part of session "S30 - Collections & Use"
Presenters
![[photo]](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/fb4900d5820ac858929c721147ad9488.png?d=https://proposalspace.com/images/no_photo.png&r=PG&s=50 "Shannon Tharp, University of Wyoming Libraries")