[Eril-l] LibInsight versus Microsoft Power BI

[Anne Hancock]

I am also interested and would love to hear if anyone has taken on Power BI vs. library stats tools.  I've been playing with Power BI lately and I was going to sit through some Lynda.com tutorials.  I haven't gotten very far. I have also been asking around about Redlink and have gotten mixed reviews mainly about product roll-out.

For me it really isn't about the data harvesting, it's more about the visual power of these product and sharing it with faculty and administrators.  I am such a visual person/learner that I yearn for a dashboard!

Thanks for putting this out there.  You have excellent timing.

Best,
Anne


Anne Hancock
Associate Librarian for Collection Strategies and Curriculum Integration, Cardinal Cushing Library
617-975-9410 // hancoan at emmanuel.edu

Emmanuel College
400 The Fenway, Boston, MA 02115
www.emmanuel.edu
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From: Eril-l [mailto:eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org] On Behalf Of Klein, Robin
Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2018 2:48 PM
To: John Holm <jholm1 at norwich.edu>; eril-l at lists.eril-l.org; lita-l at lists.ala.org
Subject: Re: [Eril-l] LibInsight versus Microsoft Power BI

I would also be interested in this.
Thanks,
Robin

Robin Klein, MSLS
Research and Assessment Librarian
Health Sciences and Human Services Library
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From: Eril-l [mailto:eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org] On Behalf Of John Holm
Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2018 12:55 PM
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Subject: [Eril-l] LibInsight versus Microsoft Power BI

Greetings!

I'm interested to know if anyone out there has compared Springshare's LibInsight with business intelligence apps such as Microsoft Power BI. The subscription cost of LibInsight is significant enough to make me consider how difficult it would be to accomplish the same goals using tools already available to us through our institution's Office 365 license. Are any libraries currently using Power BI for collecting datasets from various sources (usage stats, circulation, gate count, reference/instruction, etc.) and constructing interactive dashboards and visualizations? If so, I'd be interested in learning about your experiences.

Thanks!

John

John Holm, MLIS
Head of Digital Services
Kreitzberg Library
Norwich University
158 Harmon Drive
Northfield, VT 05663
802.485.2171
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