MUSEUM DASHBOARDS Transparency at the Indianapolis Museum of Art MUSEUM DASHBOARDS Robert Stein – [email_address]

WHO CAN YOU TRUST?

TRASPARENCY IS KEY Trans-par-en-cy: “ The full accurate and timely disclosure of information” -Wall Street Words http://www.dictionary.com TRASPARENCY IS KEY

HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY

WHY CARE ABOUT DASHBOARDS? Build trust within your community. Know what you care about. Measure it. Improve… Repeat. WHY CARE ABOUT DASHBOARDS?

Build trust within your community.

Know what you care about.

Measure it.

Improve… Repeat.

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DASHBOARD BASICS Since Oct 2007 78 Statistics 135 Users 23,500 Visits 6 Topics 13 Departments

Since Oct 2007

78 Statistics

135 Users

23,500 Visits

6 Topics

13 Departments

Dashboard Series: Average Daily Energy Consumption

AUTO MAT ION AUTO MAT ION Keeping statistics up to date can be a lot of hard work. Automated data is easy to forget about. Robots make mistakes too!

Keeping statistics up to date can be a lot of hard work.

Automated data is easy to forget about.

Robots make mistakes too!

Integration of Automated Statistics

Topics: Dynamically Defined Collections of Statistics

Simplified Editing and Updates

Monitoring of Update Frequency and Expiration