Data visualization of book collection for the university of southeastern Philippines

Abstract

The Data Visualization of Book Collection is a web-based system intended for the University of Southeastern Philippines librarian and library staff, faculty, student, and other stakeholders. It is a tool to identify the strength and weaknesses of every subject in the program, serves as a monitoring system in selecting and acquiring library resources, and assists in conducting collection assessments. Furthermore, this study intends to develop a data visualization of book collection through a) development of a module to build a library collection per program and college; b) generate data visualization reports in terms of date of publication, the number of volumes, and titles, resources not used, and per program; and c) generate library collection reports classified by course. This study is anchored on Modified Rapid Application Development (RAD) as a methodology that includes the planning, design and development, and implementation and testing. The system generates reports in terms of date of publication, the number of titles and volumes, resources not used, and resources in specific programs in graphical format using backend and front-end development tools, cloud web hosting, server, and other tools. Moreover, the system also provides an additional function, such as exporting a list of library resources per program in word format. A functionality test was conducted on fifteen (15) selected respondents who participated by librarians, library staff, students, and faculty of the University of Southeastern Philippines. The assessment revealed that most end-users were extremely satisfied with the system's usefulness and reliability in terms of functionalities and capabilities.