Getting the Right Fit: Tailoring Assessment Strategies for Your Library April 22nd, 2014

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Using Tableau for Data Visualization at the UMass Amherst Libraries

Rachel Lewellen, Assessment Librarian University of Massachusetts Amherst

So Much Data!

• Multiple data formats, sources, locations

– Door counts (Microsoft SQL Server Database)

– Aleph data including circulation, purchasing, duplication, and user demographics (Oracle)

– Service desk transactions (LibAnalytics exported to Excel)

– MINES proxy intercept survey (MySQL Database)

– Carrels, headcounts, vendors, ARL, and more

Tableau Software

• Tableau Software is an American computer software company headquartered in Seattle, WA, USA. It produces a family of interactive data visualization products focused on business intelligence. (Wikipedia)

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