Analytics and Insights
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Analytics and Insights
Overview
Alma Analytics transforms a broad range of library data into actionable reports and identifiable trends for data driven decision making.
Roadmap
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2025 H1
Collection Development: Consortia Central Office Shared Print Insight Dashboard
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An out-of-the-box insight* dashboard focusing on identifying single copies based on various criteria to support deselection ("weeding") at the consortia level. This dashboard is one of several dashboards designed to support collection development. *Insight Dashboards are built with Oracle Data Visualization. |
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Provides consortia with an overview of the collections held by their members for efficient collection management at the consortia level. |
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Compliance with COUNTER 5.1 in Usage (COUNTER) and E-Inventory Subject Areas
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Following the recent 5.1 COUNTER publication, COUNTER data will be adjusted to meet the latest updates in the Usage (COUNTER) and E-Inventory subject areas. |
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Enables institutions to compare and analyze usage data effectively according to the latest COUNTER data release. |
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Collection Development: Books – Record Distribution by Language and Publication Place
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An out-of-the-box insight* dashboard focusing on identifying gaps in key metrics such as the languages of the titles and their countries of publication. *Insight Dashboards are built with Oracle Data Visualization. |
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Enables institutions to ensure that their collections are inclusive, diverse, and balanced. |
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Include Invoice Notes in Reports
| What’s New | Highlights | Impact |
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| A new capability to generate a report based on the invoice note field. | Allow acquisitions departments to extract useful invoice data that may be unique to their institution. | Enhance acquisition workflows by enabling libraries to easily extract and analyze unique invoice data and improve financial tracking. |
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2025 H2
Network Zone E-Resource Enhancements in Collaboration with the Consortia and Analytics Communities of Practice
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Enhanced reporting options for Network Zone E-Resources, focusing on improving the ability of consortia members to generate detailed and actionable reports.
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The new functionality will enable better analysis of Network managed e-resources. |
Better reporting capabilities for Network managed e-resources. |
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Additional Local Fields for Holdings Records
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It will be possible to include more Holdings fields in Analytics reports. |
Enhanced reporting options for Physical inventory by leveraging more data fields. |
Libraries will have richer data analysis possibilities for their physical resource management needs. |
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Include "General Notes" for Electronic Collections, Services, and Portfolios
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| A new capability to generate a report that includes the General Notes for Electronic Collections, Services, and Portfolios | Allow libraries to extract useful information for their electronic resources stored in the General Notes fields. | This will provide greater clarity for electronic resource management, and will make the General Notes easily accessible. |
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2026 H1
Collection Development: Serial Retention and Deselection Insight Dashboard (Institutional Level)
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An out-of-the-box insight* dashboard focusing on identifying serial last copies based on various criteria and supporting retention and deselection decisions. This dashboard is one of several dashboards designed to support collection development. *Insight Dashboards are built with Oracle Data Visualization. |
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Enables institutions to identify items for retention and deselection, taking into account various factors and enabling data-driven decisions regarding the complex area of collection development. |
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Open Access - Insights
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Provide institutions with insights about cost per use and article processing charges (APC) to inform transformative negotiation with publishers. |
Analytics reports will be introduced, summarizing the financial aspects and spending on article processing charges (APC) with various vendors |
Providing institutions with insights about cost per use and article processing charges (APC) will empower them to make informed decisions during transformative negotiations with publishers, optimizing resource allocation and enhancing the value of their investments. |
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E-Resource Overview: Insight Dashboard
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An out-of-the-box insight* dashboard, providing an overview of E-Resource activity. *Insight Dashboards are built with Oracle Data Visualization. |
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Providing e-resource librarians an overview of the resource activity to enable them to meet their KPIs and increase efficiency. |
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