DevConnect 2024: Unlock Your Analytics Potential

[Carly_DiVito-OCLC]

Date recorded: 16 May 2024

Session description: 

DevConnect 2024 hosted a live Q&A session featuring OCLC Product Manager Sean Duffy, and Senior Product Analyst Karen Coombs where attendees gained valuable tips and tricks to transform your data into actionable insights.

The following topics were discussed during this session:

• I’m new in my role and my supervisor is asking me to retrieve IPEDs stats for a report. Can you help me get started?

• What is a sawtooth data set?
  • Running averages
  • Frequency Distribution Analysis
• What is something I can do with usage data aside from cost per use?

The session catered to all skill levels and participants had an opportunity to ask questions during the session. 

Resources provided during the session:

• IPEDs Survey Components
• IPEDs: Use The Data
• Benchmark: Library Metrics and Trends
• Using R Shiny to develop a dashboard using IPEDS, U.S. Census, and bureau of labor statistics data
• COUNTER Metrics
• COUNTER compliant platforms
• EZproxy Analytics
• OpenAlex
• Unpaywall