Most welcome--please post back your results if you find anything you're happy with. Chris On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 10:30 AM, Collie, Aaron <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > Yes, we do use DeskTracker for reference stats, but I would say this is > more of a "what actually happened" rather than a "what didn't happen, but > could have, and here is a tally mark for it." > > Certainly possible with the system we have, I'm just thinking a more > generally. > > Thanks for the thoughts, Chris. > > -Aaron > ________________________________________ > From: Code for Libraries [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Chris > Strauber [[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2014 10:20 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Tallying needs > > We've used our LibAnswers (reference and service desk) and LibAnalytics > (instruction) data to inform our website redesign process in pretty much > exactly that way. I did it pretty roughly, with spreadsheets and some > by-hand analysis, but the data would also be pretty susceptible to > scripting for a school or library with more transactions. Your reference > and instruction folk are probably keeping internal stats in some form you > could use for that. > > Chris Strauber > Instructional Design Coordinator > Tisch Library, Tufts University > [log in to unmask] > @cstrauber > > > On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:54 AM, Collie, Aaron <[log in to unmask] > >wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > Pardon my ignorance here, but we were discussing use cases and user > > stories and noting how static they are (in our implementation of them) > for > > capturing user needs for more general library services. Im my experience, > > there is one story per need, and additional expressions of that > particular > > need don't really get "counted" to assist with prioritization. > > > > I'm curious if anyone has used any sort of ticketing system for a more > > traditional library function like reference or instruction that might > > "tally" expressions of need (e.g. we've heard a request for an NVIVO > course > > 4 times in the last semester). Maybe something like Agile or Kanban > already > > account for accumulation of stories or prioritization based on stats, and > > I'm just not aware of it? > > > > -Aaron > > > > > > W. Aaron Collie > > Digital Curation Librarian > > MSU Libraries > > tel: 517.884.0867 email: [log in to unmask] > > tweet: aaroncollie site: http://staff.lib.msu.edu/collie/ > > >