Using Open Data to Inform Public Library Branch Services

Using Library Impact Data to Inform Student Marketing Campaigns Original Citation Using Library Impact Data to Inform Student Marketing Campaigns

This article uses an evidenced based approach using the finding of the Library Impact Data Project to help market library resources to students at the University of Huddersfield. Initiatives discussed include the roving librarian, desk-top visits and Lemontree (library game). Reading list software is also used to drive usage and the marketing of these services is also discussed. Finally, the pa...

Designing a Model of Public Library Services to the Elderly in Tehran City

Purpose: To design a model of public library services to the elderly and to validate it among the librarians in Tehran City. Method: This is an applied research in terms of purpose using a mixed exploratory design. In the qualitative section of the current research, 19 experts and stakeholders in the field of elderly services were interviewed using a semi-structured in-depth interview techniqu...

Big data analysis of public library operations and services by using the Chernoff face method

UrbanSim: Using Simulation to Inform Public Deliberation and Decision-Making

1 Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Washington, Box 352350, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA, [email protected] 2 Evans School of Public Affairs, University of Washington, Box 353055, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA, [email protected] 3 Institut für Raumund Landschaftsentwicklung, ETH (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), Zürich, Switzerland, ruth.foerster@i...

Using Event Trees to Inform Quantitative Analysis of Healthcare Services

The paper illustrates how event tree diagrams, used in safety engineering, can be applied to test the design of a healthcare service. Event tree diagrams can be employed to inform quantitative approaches to quality, by providing justification with respect to safety, of operational aspects to be monitored and measured.