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I second HighCharts. I build an app in PHP using the Yii framework and the HighCharts plugin. I can send screenshots if you request them, but the app itself is password-protected. Josh Welker -----Original Message----- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Heather Rayl Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2013 7:24 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Visualizing (public) library statistics 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#l > ibrary-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 > > >