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Posted by nnlmneo on April 24th, 2015
Posted in: Data Visualization
You’ve been collecting great data for your library, and now you have to figure out how to use it to convince someone of something, for example how great your library is. Part of the trick is turning that data into a presentation that your stakeholders understand – especially if you are not there to explain it. Infographics are images that make data easy to understand in a way that gets your message across.
It turns out it doesn’t have to be difficult or expensive to create your own infographics. Last week I went to a hands-on workshop at the Texas Library Association called “Infographics: One Picture is Worth 1,000 Data Points,” taught by Leslie Barrett, Education Specialist from the Education Service Center Region 13 in Austin, TX. Using this website as her interactive “handout” http://r13hybrarian.weebly.com/infographicstla.html, Leslie walked us through the process of creating an infographic (and as a byproduct of this great class, she also demonstrated a number of free instructional resources, such as Weebly, Padlet, and Thinglink).
Starting at the top of the page, click on anything with a hyperlink. You will find a video as well as other “infographics of infographics” which demonstrate how and why infographics can be used. There are also a variety of examples to evaluate as part of the learning process.
Finally, there is information on the design process and resources that make infographics fairly easy to create. These resources, such as Piktochart and Easelly, have free subscriptions for simple graphics and experimenting.
Leslie Barrett allowed us to share this website with you, so feel free to get started making your own infographics!
Image credit: Open Access Week at University of Cape Town by Shihaam Donnelly / CC BY SA 3.0
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