Hey there. We have a dashboard at http://library.indstate.edu/dashboard/. I used HighCharts jquery charting library. Super easy to use, and can be used with static or dynamic data. ~heather On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 4:37 PM, scott bacon <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi Cab, > > I have had a statistics dashboard project on the back burner for a while. A > few dashboards that come to mind, all of which appear to use different > back-end technologies: > IU School of Library and Information Science< > http://dashboard.slis.indiana.edu> > > Indianapolis Museum of Art <http://dashboard.imamuseum.org> > University of Richmond< > http://library.richmond.edu/about/assessment/library-statistics.html#library-instruction > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 3:40 PM, Cab Vinton <[log in to unmask]> 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. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Cab Vinton, Director > > Sanbornton Public Library > > Sanbornton, NH > > >