[Eril-l] Methods of Gathering Statistics

[Nicole LeBoeuf]

I use the Google Sheet add-on for Google Analytics to get specific Google
Analytic data (keywords, number of searches, browser type) added to a
Google spreadsheet. I can then create charts or tables that display the
data in certain ways and add that to a Google Site. This page
<https://developers.google.com/analytics/solutions/google-analytics-spreadsheet-add-on>explains
how to set up that process. I have analytics for a few different sites so
this lets me combine them.

If you use Google Forms then it's also pretty easy to set up tables and
charts that reflect the inputs in Google Sheets and add those to one Google
Site.

Although I like the simplicity (and cost) of using Google, I find Tableau a
far better service to help analyze things like reference data, and have
seem some amazing dashboards created using that system. They have a free
version so you can try it out.

I am also very interested in what others are doing! I kinda scraped my
system together so I could monitor our discovery service in a very basic
way, but I know there's a lot more potential out there.

- Nicole


Nicole LeBoeuf Trujillo
Electronic Resources Librarian
Nielsen Library
Adams State University
Phone: 719.587.7196
Email: nicoleleboeuf at adams.edu

On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 9:23 AM, <batesw at mskcc.org> wrote:

> Hello,
>
>
>
> We are in the process of implementing a statistics dashboard here at our
> library. We’re in the initial stages and wanted to reach out to other
> institutions to see what has worked. We’ve seen some really great
> dashboards just searching web!  Specifically we’re curious to know what
> types of programs or tools (i.e. Google Analytics) others have used for
> compiling statistics like gate count, reference interactions, etc.. We’re
> experts at spreadsheets ;-), but figure there must other methods out there.
> Those of you with dashboards (or even those of you just in the business of
> gathering statistics), please let me know what is working for you!
>
>
>
> Thank you,
>
> Whitney
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