Data Visualization

A Guide to Visual Storytelling for Libraries
Herausgeber: Magnuson, Lauren

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Data Visualization: A Guide to Visual Storytelling for Libraries is a practical guide to the skills and tools needed to create beautiful and meaningful visual stories through data visualization. Learn how to sift through complex datasets to better understand a variety of metrics, such as trends in user behavior and electronic resource usage, return on investment (ROI) and impact metrics, and data about library collections and repositories. A 20-page color insert showcases an extensive selection of visualizations using a variety of technologies and programming languages that can serve as inspiration for creating your own visualizations. Understanding and communicating trends from your organization's data is essential. Whether you are looking to make more informed decisions by visualizing organizational data, or to tell the story of your library's impact on your community, this book will give you the tools to make it happen.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9781442271104
• ISBN-10: 1442271108
• Artikelnr.: 44839238

Autorenporträt

Lauren Magnuson is systems and emerging technologies librarian at California State University, Northridge and development coordinator for the Private Academic Library Network of Indiana (PALNI). Her interests include PHP, Python, analytics, and data visualization, as well as promoting open source technology in academic libraries. She has an MA in information science and an MEd in educational technology from the University of Missouri and a BA in philosophy from Tulane.