If You Build It, They Will Come: Creating a Library Statistics Dashboard for Decision-Making

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Author(s): Laura M. Horne-Popp (University of Central Missouri, USA), Elisabeth Bliese Tessone (University of Central Missouri, USA)and Joshua Welker (University of Central Missouri, USA)
Copyright: 2018
Pages: 27
Source title: Developing In-House Digital Tools in Library Spaces
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Laura Costello (Stony Brook University, USA)and Meredith Powers (Brooklyn Public Library, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2676-6.ch009

Keywords: Information Science Reference / Library & Information Science / Library Information Systems / Library Science

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Like many academic libraries throughout the United States, the James C. Kirkpatrick Library at the University of Central Missouri has increasingly documented its impact on the university and its students. A library statistics dashboard tool was developed internally to assist with increased assessment activities. The Information Technology Librarian and the Library Assessment Team collaborated to create the dashboard tool. This case study discusses the impetus for developing the tool and provides a detailed explanation of the creation and testing of the dashboard. The chapter also describes the outcomes of using the dashboard tool in the library's assessment activities, along with recommendations for how other libraries may develop similar tools and skills within their organizations.

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