ANLY482 AY2016-17 T2 Group14
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Geospatial Operational Insights for National Library Board
Team Members
Background Information
The National Library Board (NLB) is a statutory board of the Ministry of Communications and Information in Singapore. Preserving a sizeable amount of title collections in the regional and public libraries which it manages, the NLB seeks to serve as a reference source for the Singapore population to connect with the precious archives of the past. Strategically scattered over the island, the NLB has up to 27 Regional and Community Libraries under its arm1. Beside from having a physical heritage collection, the young and the old can also access digitized materials and resources online.
Project Sponsor & Liaison Information
Our project sponsor is the National Library Board.
Project Motivation & Problem Statement
In this age of information, we see an increasing need for people and businesses to have a greater access to space and resources to further their personal and corporate needs. Hence, there is the requisite for the libraries to adequately manage this associated increasing demand. However, there exists this difficulty in measuring the operational readiness of the libraries; unlike typical corporations and organizations, the measure of public demand is not in dollars and cents.
Furthermore, there have been renovations and relocation of existing libraries and unveiling of new libraries to keep up with the times. These constant changes prompt for a reliable system to measure the effectiveness of past policies, as well as an accurate predictive model to conduct what-if analyses for future plans. A user-friendly system which displays geospatial information that can provide operational insights would thus be valuable to the NLB.
Beside taking geospatial information into consideration, NLB is also motivated to leverage on an effective model and metrics regarding book collections and user transaction information to measure the attractiveness of potential libraries.
Project Objective
Develop a geospatial dashboard that would facilitate the NLB’s evaluation of different potential library siting locations through better prediction of the catchment and number of patrons it can potentially attract.
Desired Outcome
The geospatial dashboard will potentially contribute to: • the planning/promotion of content and services that are localised to the specific population to be served • the evaluation of the attractiveness of future NLB library locations
Timeline
| Data Analytics Lifecycle | Task | In Charge | Status | |||
| Project Initiation | ||||||
| Week 1 | Project Initiation | Everyone | Completed | |||
| Self-Learning Essential Tools | Everyone | In Progress | ||||
| Discovery | ||||||
| Week 2 | Domain Understanding | Everyone | Not Started | |||
| Framing the Problem | Everyone | Not Started | ||||
| Identifying potential data & parameters needed for attractiveness analysis | Everyone | Not Started | ||||
| Data Preparation | ||||||
| Week 4 | Learning about the data | Everyone | Not Started | |||
| Performing ETLT | Everyone | Not Started | ||||
| Model Planning | ||||||
| Week 5 | Old Model Testing | Everyone | Not Started | |||
| Week 6 | Data Exploration | Everyone | Not Started | |||
| Variable Selection | Everyone | Not Started | ||||
| Buffer | ||||||
| Week 7 | Midterm Preparation week, Project Halt | Everyone | Not Started | |||
| Model Building | ||||||
| Week 8 | Model Building | Everyone | Not Started | |||
| Model Building | Everyone | Not Started | ||||
| Week 9 | Model Calibration | Everyone | Not Started | |||
| Result Interpretation | Everyone | Not Started | ||||
| Result Communication | ||||||
| Week 10 | Model Comparison | Everyone | Not Started | |||
| Model Selection | Everyone | Not Started | ||||
| Week 11 | Model Revision | Everyone | Not Started | |||
| Dashboard Development | Everyone | Not Started | ||||
| Week 12 | Web Application Completion | Everyone | Not Started | |||
| Data Analytics Wrap-up | Everyone | Not Started | ||||
| Project Final Deliverables | ||||||
| Week 13 | Project Poster Write-up | Everyone | Not Started | |||
| Project Report Write-up | Everyone | Not Started | ||||
| Project Wiki Page Update | Everyone | Not Started | ||||
| Project Wrap-up | ||||||
| Week 14-15 | Project Final Presentation Preparation | Everyone | Not Started | |||
| Project Documentation Preparation | Everyone | Not Started | ||||
| Project Closure | ||||||
| Week 16 | Project Final Deliverables Submission | Everyone | Not Started | |||
| Project Poster Day | Everyone | Not Started | ||||
