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<div style="background: #FFFFFF; padding: 15px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 0.3em; text-indent: 15px;letter-spacing:-0.03em;font-size:16px;id:UT1"><font face='Century Gothic' color=#000000 ><u>SPONSOR INTRODUCTION</u></font></div>
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Singapore Management University Library consisting of Li Ka Shing Library and the Kwa Geok Choo Law Library, offers a variety of study spaces, including quiet areas for a more focused study and project rooms for collaborative discussions, as well as a 24 hours learning commons. The libraries offers a variety of resources including books and course reserve materials which allows students to get more information on the subject matter.
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SMU libraries’ mission includes possessing the capability in providing seamless access to information using innovative and leading-edge technology. They are committed to delivering exceptional services and building dynamic relationships with the SMU community. As such, they are constantly seeking out ways in which they can improve users’ experience in the libraries. Experience is derived not only in terms of the provision of space for users to study in, but also in terms of the quality of materials available to the users. This project focuses on the provision of printed course reserve materials by analysing the sufficiency of the loan periods assigned. A poor choice of loan period will result not only in dissatisfaction on the part of the library’s patrons, but also in increased costs for the library such as those resulting from increased record keeping.  
  
  
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As such, SMU Libraries aim to align its loan policy with the expectations of the undergraduate students such that it would render the loan policy more sufficient for them. From 2016 to 2017, the 2-hour loan policy of course reserve collection was extended to 3 hours long. This paper then aims to investigate if this 1-hour extension in loan policy helped make it more sufficient for the SMU undergraduate students and with these insights found, propose if SMU Libraries should consider the option of extending this 3-hour loan policy by an additional hour.
  
The client, SMU Libraries, aims to be able to consistently offer an improved user experience by ensuring that library users have access to library resources. The main policy currently enacted in this aspect would be the library’s collection policy which outlines the scope of what resources are appropriate to acquire and to retain in fulfillment of the SMU Libraries’ mission and vision. One type of resource in question is the course reserve collection section. Course reserves materials are come in the form of print and online and are high in demand. This project aims to analyze the usage volume, usage patterns and usage ratio of these course reserve materials over a period of time, and ultimately, be able to provide them insights into their collection policy.
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(Further analysis may also include the comparison between a 3-hours-loan and print 3-days-loan, which may give the team insights on their loan policy.)
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Analyze the differences between 2016 and 2017 transactions for:
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#Frequency of overdue transactions and duration of overdue period
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#Frequency of successive borrowings and duration of hours borrowed with successions
  
  
 
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SMU libraries’ mission includes possessing the capability in providing seamless access to information using innovative and leading edge technology. They are committed to delivering exceptional services and building dynamic relationships with the SMU community. As such, they are constantly seeking out ways in which they can improve users’ experience in the libraries. Experience is derived not only in terms of the provision of space for users to study in, but also in terms of the quality of materials available to the users. This project focuses on the provision of course reserve materials.
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As active users of the library for 4 years, SMU Libraries has consistently been providing us with ample amounts of resources which have helped us greatly throughout our education in SMU. Like our peers, we have been heavily reliant on the resources only available in the library for revisions and homeworks. The course reserve consists of materials that have been classified as compulsory readings by professors, and hence essential for the course itself. Typically, these books are rather expensive, and thus, by providing these resources, SMU Libraries provides a cheaper alternative for us cost-conscious students. We feel eternally grateful to SMU Libraries for providing us with the relevant materials. We eagerly adopted this project as this project allows us an opportunity to give back to SMU Libraries.
By providing useful insights, we aim to be able to help our fellow course mates in being able to access course materials easier while ensuring SMU libraries’ continued adherence to its ‘just in time’ access policy for both electronic and print resources.
 
 
 
 
 
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This project aims to design a dashboard that enables the following analysis:
 
# Usage analysis of both print and online Course Reserve materials
 
# Usage comparison between print-3-hours-loan and print-3-days loan
 
  
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Furthermore, we are able to understand the problems users might have faced during the process of borrowing the course reserves. Hence, we are committed towards analyzing the loan data and ultimately providing useful insights for the library to improve the current policies, and this project has given us the opportunity to do so. Our fellow schoolmates will have a better user experience while the library continues to adhere to its ‘just in time’ access policy.
  
  
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# Data collection  
 
# Data collection  
 
# Data cleaning  
 
# Data cleaning  
# Exploration of data  
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# Exploration of data
# Model generation
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# Analysis and Testing
# Data visualisation
 

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[[BACKGROUND]]


PROJECT INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES

SMU libraries’ mission includes possessing the capability in providing seamless access to information using innovative and leading-edge technology. They are committed to delivering exceptional services and building dynamic relationships with the SMU community. As such, they are constantly seeking out ways in which they can improve users’ experience in the libraries. Experience is derived not only in terms of the provision of space for users to study in, but also in terms of the quality of materials available to the users. This project focuses on the provision of printed course reserve materials by analysing the sufficiency of the loan periods assigned. A poor choice of loan period will result not only in dissatisfaction on the part of the library’s patrons, but also in increased costs for the library such as those resulting from increased record keeping.


As such, SMU Libraries aim to align its loan policy with the expectations of the undergraduate students such that it would render the loan policy more sufficient for them. From 2016 to 2017, the 2-hour loan policy of course reserve collection was extended to 3 hours long. This paper then aims to investigate if this 1-hour extension in loan policy helped make it more sufficient for the SMU undergraduate students and with these insights found, propose if SMU Libraries should consider the option of extending this 3-hour loan policy by an additional hour.


Analyze the differences between 2016 and 2017 transactions for:

  1. Frequency of overdue transactions and duration of overdue period
  2. Frequency of successive borrowings and duration of hours borrowed with successions


MOTIVATION

As active users of the library for 4 years, SMU Libraries has consistently been providing us with ample amounts of resources which have helped us greatly throughout our education in SMU. Like our peers, we have been heavily reliant on the resources only available in the library for revisions and homeworks. The course reserve consists of materials that have been classified as compulsory readings by professors, and hence essential for the course itself. Typically, these books are rather expensive, and thus, by providing these resources, SMU Libraries provides a cheaper alternative for us cost-conscious students. We feel eternally grateful to SMU Libraries for providing us with the relevant materials. We eagerly adopted this project as this project allows us an opportunity to give back to SMU Libraries.


Furthermore, we are able to understand the problems users might have faced during the process of borrowing the course reserves. Hence, we are committed towards analyzing the loan data and ultimately providing useful insights for the library to improve the current policies, and this project has given us the opportunity to do so. Our fellow schoolmates will have a better user experience while the library continues to adhere to its ‘just in time’ access policy.


SCOPE OF WORK
  1. Data collection
  2. Data cleaning
  3. Exploration of data
  4. Analysis and Testing