Books that connect users
I thought it would be interesting to trawl the data and find out which books have been borrowed by the largest number of different courses within the university. I forget what the correct Graph Theory...
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We've been logging all keyword searches on our OPAC for nearly 3 years and now have details for over 3 million searches. Just in case the data is of any use to anyone, I've uploaded an aggregated XML...
View ArticleWeb service for the free book usage data
I've been meaning to get around to adding a web service front end on to the book usage data that we released in December for ages. So, better late than never, here it is! It's not the fastest bit of...
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Quick plug: CILIP U&CR Y&H Open Source event
Just a quick plug to say that there are still spaces available at the "Open Source: Free Speech, Free Beer and Free Kittens!" event at Hudderfield on Friday 26th June. Full details and a link to the...
View ArticleLibrary Refurbishment — Year 3 of 3
It doesn't seem two minutes since the library refurbisment started, but we're now into the final year of the project. This time, it's floors 2 and 3 that are getting the treatment. I'll be snapping...
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Library usage and final grades
It's high time I started blogging again, so let's start off with something that my colleagues in the library have been talking about at recent conferences — the link between the usage of library...
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Non/low library usage and final grades
Whilst chatting to one of the delegates at yesterday's "Gaining business intelligence from user activity data" event (my Powerpoint slides can be grabbed from here) about non & low-usage of library...
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Here comes Summ(er|on)
It's probably a sign of getting old and decrepit, but this year has just flown by – it doesn't seem like two minutes since we kicked off our implementation of Serials Solutions' Summon and now it's...
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Sliding down the long tail
At a recent event in Edinburgh, I was asked about how we generate the "people who borrowed this, also borrowed…" suggestions in our OPAC and whether or not there are privacy issues with generating...
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Roving Librarian
I love our new "Roving Librarian" service logo so much, I just had to post it here! …more info on the library's Facebook page
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