I second D3.js for putting together custom web-based interactive
visualizations. NVD3 (http://nvd3.org/) is another good starting point for
D3 that takes some of the time/pain out of building custom charts.

For non-coders, Tableau (http://www.tableausoftware.com/) is another very
powerful and full-featured data visualization solution. I've used Tableau
Public to aggregate and visualize user-testing data, and our assessment
librarian uses the server version extensively for creating and sharing
interactive data dashboards. It has a fairly steep learning curve and the
non-public version is pricey, but perhaps worthwhile when compared with the
time and effort necessary to create similar functionality using something
like D3.

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Schuyler Lindberg
Interaction Designer / Programmer Analyst

UBC-IT (Library)


On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 12:38 PM, Chad Mills <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> We use Highcharts for our charting needs.  Fits nicely with jQuery.
>
> http://www.highcharts.com/
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kaile Zhu" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Friday, September 19, 2014 12:05:05 PM
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Visualization libraries for lib data
>
> I used google charts.  Not as fancy as D3, but easier.  You pass data to
> the chart API and it does the heavy lifting for you.
>
> https://developers.google.com/chart/
>
> -Kelly Zhu
> Web Services Librarian
> University of Central Oklahoma
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> Eric Phetteplace
> Sent: 2014年9月19日 9:44
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Visualization libraries for lib data
>
> I've used D3 to build charts for a similar data dashboard. It's maybe a
> little less plug-and-play than other charting libraries but has tremendous
> adoption, is really flexible.
>
> http://d3js.org/
>
> Best,
> Eric
>
> On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 7:25 AM, Michel, Jason <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > Hello all!
> >
> > We're in the process of centralizing all of our disparate data points
> > (circ, door counts, chat ref, in-person interactions, db stats,
> > instruction, web analytics, social analytics) into a single DB.  We
> > then plan on building interactive visualizations on top of this data.
> >
> > What are some visualization/charting/graphing libraries that would
> > work for this?  We have some ideas but wanted to hear what the c4l had
> > to say about it.  Thanks in advance!
> >
> > This is what we have so far (social stats only).  We're using chart.js
> > for
> > this:
> >
> > http://dog.lib.muohio.edu/~jpmichel/apis/stats/
> >
> >
> > Jason Paul Michel
> > User Experience Librarian
> > Miami University Libraries
> > 513.529.3935
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> > <https://twitter.com/jpmichel>
> >
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