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SCONUL Business Intelligence CIG meeting

20th May 2026
Online
The next meeting of the SCONUL Business Intelligence Community of Interest Group will focus on the management of analytics, how to pull this data into dashboards and use this data for decision making. We have three presentations from colleagues at the University of Sunderland, Newman University and Robert Gordon University Aberdeen:

  • Michelle Halpin - Digital Services and Content Developer at University of Sunderland
    Michelle will be sharing some of the analytic work they've been doing at Sunderland. The focus of the presentation is an overview of the frameworks and protocols they have developed to help them manage their analytic offer - what they're doing, why and how they go about it. Plus, some takeaways at the end to share what they've learned along the way. 
  • Katie Mann - Assistant Director of Library Services (Engagement & Experience) at Newman University
    Katie's presentation outlines how they learned to use Power BI to move from minimal, hard‑to‑use library enquiry data toward a more structured and insightful evidence base. It highlights how developing these skills allowed them to capture better data and gain real‑time understanding of service activity.
  • Richard Milne - Library Systems Manager at Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen
    Richard will be looking at bringing together siloed data.  Historically data at Robert Gordon tended to sit in silos across multiple systems and spreadsheets, with limited visibility beyond the individuals collecting it. As a result, there was little shared analysis or confidence in consistent definitions, and strategic decisions were not as data-informed as they could have been.
Our response has been to build an M365-based data repository that brings together data from numerous sources, and to develop a suite of Power BI dashboards that visualise activity across Library functional areas. The aim is to provide a central, user-friendly, and intuitive source of library insights - supporting a common understanding of measures, improving trust in the data, and enabling colleagues to explore and use it more independently. In the session we’ll share our journey to this point, the challenges we’ve encountered, what we’ve learned, and where we want to take this next.

The meeting will take place on 20 May 2026 from 10am - 11.30am, and is open to all, whatever your role or level of expertise, and we welcome the sharing of different perspectives and practices.

Please email sconul@sconul.ac.uk for registration details.

The aim of the business intelligence community of interest group is to offer staff members a space to grow their skills, capability and confidence in working with data, tools and technologies. It will also consider creative approaches to communicating with data to tell clear stories to different audiences and support better decision making. The group will offer a safe space to test and share ideas, learn from one another and explore engaging approaches to turning data into insights and action.

To join the community, please subscribe to BUSINESS-INTELLIGENCE-CIG@JISCMAIL.AC.UK 


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Date: 
20th May 2026

Location: 
Online

Price: 
Free