[Eril-l] LibInsight versus Microsoft Power BI

[Bee Bornheimer]

I have played around with a free version of QlikView, which has been really
fun to help me visualize certain elements of our data. Unfortunately the
free version is limited to one user so I can't share all the magical things
I'm seeing in our data at this point.  Even just having a dashboard for
myself is quite useful though.

On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 12:23 PM, Anne Hancock <hancoan at emmanuel.edu> wrote:

> 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.
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> 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!
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> Thanks for putting this out there.  You have excellent timing.
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> Best,
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> Anne
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> *Anne Hancock*
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> Associate Librarian for Collection Strategies and Curriculum Integration,
> Cardinal Cushing Library
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> 617-975-9410 // hancoan at emmanuel.edu
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> *Emmanuel College*
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> 400 The Fenway, Boston, MA 02115
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> 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
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> I would also be interested in this.
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> Thanks,
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> Robin
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> *Robin Klein, MSLS*
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> Research and Assessment Librarian
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> Health Sciences and Human Services Library
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> 601 W. Lombard Street
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> Baltimore, MD 21201
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> rklein at hshsl.umaryland.edu
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> Phone:  410.706.1343   Fax: 410.706.3101
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> *From:* Eril-l [mailto:eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org
> <eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org>] *On Behalf Of *John Holm
> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 16, 2018 12:55 PM
> *To:* eril-l at lists.eril-l.org; lita-l at lists.ala.org
> *Subject:* [Eril-l] LibInsight versus Microsoft Power BI
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> Greetings!
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> 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.
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> Thanks!
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> John
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> *John Holm, MLIS*
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> Head of Digital Services
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> Kreitzberg Library
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> Norwich University
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BEE BORNHEIMER
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