Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Visualizing Statistics

I always look at the circulation statistics and wonder about the specifics underneath it. Of the fiction, what are the leading authors, or of the broad category, non-fiction, what are the most circulated sections.

I just saw this neat article on "Self Plagarism is in Style about Dewey blobs. Here is the enlarged version. This is a great way of getting more information about what Dewey classifications circulate the most and this would also be a great start to identity areas for weeding.

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