Hi Chris,

I'm curious about your analysis re. when the data would start influencing
the redesign process. E.g does 5 queries about a certain topic enough to
warrant the redesign, etc.

Mind elaborate that a bit?


thanks,
ranti.


On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 1:53 PM, Chris Strauber <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> 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/
> > >
> >
>



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