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Presenter or main title…
Session Title or subtitle…
22nd July, 2013. York
Safety in Numbers: Developing a shared analytics service for academic libraries
who we are…Ben Showers (Jisc)
Programme manager, Digital Infrastructure
who we are…Graham Stone
(University of Huddersfield)Information Resources Manager/
Senior Research Fellow
aboutLAMP…
jisclamp.mimas.ac.uk #jiscLAMP
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Library Impact Data Project
To support the hypothesis that…
“There is a statistically significant correlation across a number of universities between
library activity data and student attainment”
Library Impact Data Project
•Phase I looked at over 33,000 students across 8 universities
•Phase II looked at around 2,000 FT undergraduate students at Huddersfield
Library Impact Data Project 1Original data requirements
• For each student who graduated in a given year, the following data was required:– Final grade achieved– Number of books borrowed– Number of times e-resources were accessed – Number of times each student entered the
library, e.g. via a turnstile system that requires identity card access
– School/Faculty
Library Impact Data Project
– Showed a statistical significance between:•Final grade
achieved• Number of books
borrowed• Number of times e-
resources were accessed
– Across all 8 partners– Not a cause and
effect relationship
Library Impact Data Project 2Additional data
• Demographics• Discipline• Retention• On/off campus use• Breadth and depth of e-
resource usage• UCAS points (entry data)• Correlations for Phase 1
Library Analytics Survey
We asked:
How important will analytics be to academic libraries now and in the future, and what is
the potential for a service in this area?
With thanks to Joy Palmer and the team at MIMAS for the initial survey analysis
Automated provision of analytics demonstrating the relationship between student attainment and resource/library usage within your institution
In principle, would your institution be willing to contribute data that could be linked to anonymised individuals?
• Significant appetite for analytics services among this sample– But more hesitation over sharing entry data
and other student data than other forms of usage data
• Strong willingness to share a broad range of data– preference to be identified by JISC band (91%
in favour)– as opposed to named institution (47%)
Is this a current strategic priority?
What about the next five years?
Key strategic drivers
1. Enhancing the student experience
2. Demonstrating value for money
3. Supporting research excellence
Appetite for a national analytics service
• An analytics service providing libraries with actionable data to transform the services and support institutions provide to students and researchers
LAMP:Library Analytics and Metrics Project• Running January 2013 – December 2013
• A partnership between Jisc, Mimas (University of Manchester) and the University of Huddersfield
• UK library community are part of the Community Advisory and Planning Group
LAMP:Library Analytics and Metrics Project
The project will develop a prototype shared library analytics service for UK academic libraries:
– Envisioned as a data dashboard. – Enabling libraries to capitalise on the many
types of data they capture in day-to-day activities. – To support the improvement and development
of new services and demonstrate value and impact in new ways across the institution.
data
Use cases
•Demographics •Discipline•Student usage•Staff usage•Collections•Outcomes
Data types and sourcesInstitutional:Gate count, circulation, usage, student records, school/faculty data.
Shared services:Jusp, IRIS, Raptor, KB+, OpenURL
Identifiers
The need for identifiers that don’t identify!
Gaining deeper insights
The problem of updates
The burden of data submission
technology
APIs
LAMP APIs and local library development
External APIs
Infrastructure
Visualisation
‘Dashboard’
Meaningful visuals
Human interpretation
ethics
legal
Registry and the burden of compliance (hot)
Legal and ethical framework (medium)
Project principles (lukewarm)
ethical
How does this fit with the wider institutional
mission?
keep up with developmentsThe blog http://jisclamp.mimas.ac.uk
Twitter #jiscLAMP
Autumn workshop(s)
feedback
Via the blog
Via the Community Advisory Group
Via SCONUL
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forthcoming events…
• We are planning a series of webinars and events in the Autumn
• More details will be available on the blog http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5113/6913646700_e98d7e943b_o.jpg
getting involvedIf you think your institution wants to be involved – talk to us
or If you are doing something similar – please get in touch
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thank youBen Showers (Jisc)
[email protected] Stone (Huddersfield)
http://jisclamp.mimas.ac.uk
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