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Wow. Highcharts looks to be an excellent tool. Thanks for the tip! Jason Paul Michel User Experience Librarian Miami University Libraries 513.529.3935 *[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>* @jpmichel <https://twitter.com/jpmichel> On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 12:59 PM, Joshua Welker <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Definitely Highcharts. I have used it on a few projects, and it is > fantastic. It's free for non-commercial use. Great documentation and > support. It also has plugins for several web app frameworks like Rails, > Django, Yii, etc. Very helpful if you are going to use one of those to > build > your dashboard. > > Josh Welker > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of > Kaile Zhu > Sent: Friday, September 19, 2014 11:05 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > 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 > > -----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 > > *[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>* @jpmichel > > <https://twitter.com/jpmichel> > > > **Bronze+Blue=Green** The University of Central Oklahoma is Bronze, Blue, > and Green! Please print this e-mail only if absolutely necessary! > > **CONFIDENTIALITY** -This e-mail (including any attachments) may contain > confidential, proprietary and privileged information. Any unauthorized > disclosure or use of this information is prohibited. >