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# Data-Mining for Management Intelligence & New Services Program Total projects: 3 [currently in development] Problem statement: Our systems and services are fueled by data, whether transactional, descriptive, or administrative. To date, we have collectively underutilized data-mining techniques to help us shape our thinking and inform our decisions. This program attempts to remedy that situation and encompasses the use of data mining and other data gathering and analysis techniques to: Support evidence-based decision-making across a broad range of library, archive, and museum needs; Provide empirical context that illuminates key issues and trends impacting the cultural heritage community; Identify system-wide patterns in collections and collection use. Projects being developed in this program can be categorized into three value-defined and action-oriented areas: aggregate, analyze, systematize. ## Projects Commission a White Paper that Provides an Annotated Inventory of Library Data Sources Analyze Multi-Institutional Aggregated Data to Illuminate the System-Wide LAM Landscape Systematize Aggregation and Analysis Techniques Prepare Collection Analysis of Four Art Libraries as Intelligence for Collaborative Agreements (Complete) |
For more information Lynn Silipigni Connaway Consulting Research Scientist lynn_connaway@oclc.org