Building a Scalable and Flexible Library Data Dashboard
Data dashboards provide libraries with the means to demonstrate their ongoing activities and usage in an engaging and communicative fashion. Yet, due to the number of service platforms used by libraries, and the wide-ranging technical specifications they entail, bringing all of this content together...
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| description | Data dashboards provide libraries with the means to demonstrate their ongoing activities and usage in an engaging and communicative fashion. Yet, due to the number of service platforms used by libraries, and the wide-ranging technical specifications they entail, bringing all of this content together in a sustainable way is a significant challenge. This article describes Portland State University’s project to design and build a data dashboard based on a scalable and flexible infrastructure that would enable them to present data in a visually compelling and dynamic interface. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a07bac4f3aa44249adb5c799286fdf7a2022-12-21T19:57:50ZengCode4LibCode4Lib Journal1940-57582017-01-013512152Building a Scalable and Flexible Library Data DashboardNathan MealeyData dashboards provide libraries with the means to demonstrate their ongoing activities and usage in an engaging and communicative fashion. Yet, due to the number of service platforms used by libraries, and the wide-ranging technical specifications they entail, bringing all of this content together in a sustainable way is a significant challenge. This article describes Portland State University’s project to design and build a data dashboard based on a scalable and flexible infrastructure that would enable them to present data in a visually compelling and dynamic interface.http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/12152 |
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