On Wed, Jun 05, 2013 at 03:40:29PM -0400, Cab Vinton wrote:
> Come budget time, I invariably find myself working with the most
> recent compilation of public library statistics put out by our State
> Library -- comparing our library to peer institutions along a variety
> of measures (support per capita, circulation per capita, staffing
> levels, etc.) so I can make the best possible case for increasing/
> maintaining our funding.
>
> The raw data is in a Excel spreadsheet --
> http://www.nh.gov/nhsl/lds/public_library_stats.html -- so this seems
> ripe for mashing up, data visualization, online charting, etc.
>
> Does anyone know of any examples where these types of library stats
> have been made available online in a way that meets my goals of being
> user-friendly, visually informative/ clear, and just plain cool?
>
> If not, examples from the non-library world and/ or pointers to
> dashboards of note would be equally welcome, particularly if there's
> an indication of how things work on the back end.
YMMV but I've used infogr.am [0]
Granted the type of data I was using doesn't compare to the kind you are
trying to tame above.
Failing that there's lots of listed at datavisualization.ch[1] that could
help solve you problem. Here some assembly will be required.
Cheers,
./fxk
[0] http://infogr.am/
[1] http://selection.datavisualization.ch/
>
> Cheers,
>
> Cab Vinton, Director
> Sanbornton Public Library
> Sanbornton, NH
>
--
i'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be
living apart.
-- e. e. cummings
|