are your circulation stats a gold mine?

Chris Keene has an interesting posting about the ALT TILE meeting.

(TILE = Towards Implementation of Library 2.0 & the e-Framework)

(ALT TILE = Association for Learning Technology meeting 'Sitting on a gold mine' - improving provision and services for learners by aggregating and using 'learner behaviour data')

He says

This is one of those things that once you get discussing it you’re never quite sure why it already hasn’t been done before, especially with circulation data. There’s a wide scope, from local library services (book recommendation) to national systems which use data from VLEs, registry systems and library systems. A lot of potential functionality, both in terms of direct user services and informing HE (and others) to help them make decisions and tailor services for users.

Chris Keene - nostuff.org blog - sitting on a gold mine - December 12, 2008

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I suggested to Chris that TILE should also have a look at all the information Johan Bollen is gathering in the MESUR project.