metrics matter
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Presentation from Internet Librarian International 2014 on the importance of analytics and metrics for academic libraries.TRANSCRIPT
Metrics Matter… ILI 2014
London
Ben ShowersHead of Scholarly and
Library Futures
@benshowers
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Introducing Jisc
Jisc offers digital services for UK education and research. The charity does this to achieve its vision for the UK to be the most digitally advanced education and research nation in the world.
jisc.ac.uk
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Libraries ignore data at the expense of their students’ success
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Measure what really matters
Where the hell are my keys…?
Library Impact
Anthropologist in the stacks
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Don’t collect it, or measure it, if you’re not going to act on it
Redistribute effort!
Shared data services
Library Analytics and Metrics Project (LAMP)
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Make as much data available as
possible
Think like a dandelion
The best idea for your data will be thought of by someone else!
Playful metrics
What if…
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Ben Showers
Head of Scholarly and Library Futures
@benshowers