Cab,
I realize you asked for examples, not tools, and this may be overkill for what you're wanting, but http://ushahidi.com/products/ushahidi-platform.
Ushahidi would be good if you wanted a geographic, time-series visualization mashed-up with social media.
e.g. http://community.ushahidi.com/uploads/documents/c_Ushahidi-Practical_Considerations.pdf
I imagine that could be a worthwhile project on a large scale for many libraries.
A Google Fusion Table would be a simpler mapping/charting alternative. e.g. https://www.google.com/fusiontables/DataSource?docid=1JRSvdVxym2lKiM2cnfB7vmY735l58GSxD5O7-g0
Jason
Jason Stirnaman
Digital Projects Librarian
A.R. Dykes Library
University of Kansas Medical Center
913-588-7319
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Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 3:38 PM
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Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Visualizing (public) library statistics
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
