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| − | + | LKS library is the main study area for SMU students. Having been studying in SMU for four years, our group are motivated to know how our peers are using the library as well. As SIS students, we are curious about how differently will the students from different schools use the library. Are IS students come to the library the most often? What’s the average number of days for students from each school to come to the library? How frequent do undergraduate students visit library in each academic week? | |
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| + | We have friends who are pursuing their master's degrees and come to the library frequently so we also want to know whether master students will come to the library more often than the undergraduate students do? | ||
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| + | During exam weeks, the library is usually full that we have to find study space elsewhere so we are curious about how many people are visiting the library during week 14 and what’s the peak hours during exam week. | ||
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| + | Moreover, as one of our group members was working as library assistant for two years, she observed that students from different schools and studying in different year might use the library differently. Therefore, we are interested to see is it true that students in year 4 come less frequently than students in year 1 do. | ||
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| + | The management team of LKSLIB are striving for better customer experience, especially the physical study environment in LKSLIB. Given the library entrance data provided by the LKSLIB management team, we believe those questions can be answered by the data. | ||
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Revision as of 00:08, 22 February 2017
Sponsor Background
Li Ka Shing (LKS) Library is the first library of Singapore Management University, officially opened on 24 February 2006. The Library is named after Hong Kong businessman Dr. Li Ka-shing, and the Li Ka Shing Foundation donated and endowment to the library for collections. The main objective of the library is to offer an interactive study and research space for SMU community.
The LKS library includes four floors that comprise about 8,800 square meters with 1,800 seats. Inside the library, there are a variety of spaces including open spaces for individual and collaborative use, learning commons which opens 24/7, quiet areas that for individuals to focus on their work, project rooms with LCD panels, investment studio, postgraduate lounges etc. As a modern library, it is also well equipped with high-speed wireless network, color printers, scanners, public computers with professional financial software available, up-to-date newspapers and magazines, collections of lifestyle videos and games, and this is also the reason why LKS library is so attractive for SMU community.
Project Background
In our project, our focus is on analyzing the library entry information from the card reader logs. The card readers are located at the entrance of the library, both located at the main entrance of LKSLIB and at the linkbridge side entrance, and students need to tap their card whenever they enter the library. This provides us with the entry information, which includes timestamp and basic information about the student. To better understand the library usage, the library management team is interested to know whether we could find a pattern about the usage of library for a particular user group (e.g. Information Systems undergraduate, Year 2), and if any business insights could be drawn from the data. We will also work on developing a web application with interactive dashboard using R to visualise the insights of the LKS Library entry data.
Motivations
LKS library is the main study area for SMU students. Having been studying in SMU for four years, our group are motivated to know how our peers are using the library as well. As SIS students, we are curious about how differently will the students from different schools use the library. Are IS students come to the library the most often? What’s the average number of days for students from each school to come to the library? How frequent do undergraduate students visit library in each academic week?
We have friends who are pursuing their master's degrees and come to the library frequently so we also want to know whether master students will come to the library more often than the undergraduate students do?
During exam weeks, the library is usually full that we have to find study space elsewhere so we are curious about how many people are visiting the library during week 14 and what’s the peak hours during exam week.
Moreover, as one of our group members was working as library assistant for two years, she observed that students from different schools and studying in different year might use the library differently. Therefore, we are interested to see is it true that students in year 4 come less frequently than students in year 1 do.
The management team of LKSLIB are striving for better customer experience, especially the physical study environment in LKSLIB. Given the library entrance data provided by the LKSLIB management team, we believe those questions can be answered by the data.
Objectives
1. Understand usage pattern
- Peak hours
- Peak day of week
- Academic weeks vs. Term break
- Exam period vs. Non-exam period
2. Compare usage level
- Across schools
- Undergraduates vs. Postgraduates
- Freshmen vs. Seniors
- Alumni vs. Non-alumni
