10 research outputs found
Collection Development and Data Visualization: How Interactive Graphic Displays Are Transforming Collection Development Decisions
Given the changing collection management landscape a clear tool for evaluating purchase decisions is needed to help selectors make the most of budget allocations. The UMass Amherst Libraries uses the business intelligence software Tableau to help selectors more clearly see the connection between monograph purchases and circulation data. Using dashboards, subject selectors can see the impact of monograph selections within a discipline, across the collection, and over a period of time. Graphic visualizations are easier to understand than previously used text and numerical based spreadsheets for data analysis and facilitate exploration at different levels. This paper discusses how data visualizations are used to effectively communicate monograph purchasing, circulation, and expenditures. Interactive dashboards help transform abstract ideas into a solid holistic understanding of the collections and in turn provide a common language to facilitate collection development discussions, decisions, and policies
Reducing Unintentional Duplication: Adventures and Opportunities in Cooperative Collection Development
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Collection Development and Data Visualization: How Interactive Graphic Displays Are Transforming Collection Development Decisions
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Getting the Most Out of Your Data
Sarah and Rachel will discuss the broad range of techniques utilized to gather data for the development of student learning spaces in the W.E.B. Du Bois Library. While libraries have been becoming more adept at gathering qualitative and quantitative data, an abundance of information can be challenging when it comes to the application of the results. They will also describe a few approaches to help library staff make sense of and use this data. - See more at: http://nercomp.org/index.php?section=events&evtid=141#sthash.Gv8k5lQ1.dpu
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ARL SPEC Kit 338: Library Management of Disciplinary Repositories
This SPEC Kit examines the ways in which research libraries are involved in the administration of disciplinary repositories. It explores the disciplinary scope of the repository, collection policies, funding models, assessment practices, and staffing, among other information. It presents case studies of 12 disciplinary repositories that are managed entirely or in part by a library and includes examples of web pages for each one that describe the repository content, features, policies, organizational structure, and how to submit resources
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Librarian Peer Mentoring
Presentation on the librarian peer mentoring program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
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Collection Analysis & Assessment Guidelines
Responsible collection stewardship includes regular assessment of collection resources. This assessment should include, at a minimum, data from the following: academics & enrollment, acquisitions, circulation, interlibrary loan, and usage statistics. Collections-related data are currently collected in the UMass Amherst Libraries through various avenues and made available through Tableau software and other sources. However, there are no guidelines on how these data are used in decision making. This report will provide details of available data sources and make recommendations on how data can be used to inform collections decisions