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Jan
08
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Since last week’s message the OERC has been looking at some additional data about the blog in order to update our online communications plan going forward. The earlier OERC strategy had been to use social media to increase the use of evaluation resources, the OERC’s educational services, and the OERC’s coaching services. These continue to… Read More »
Posted in: Blog
Jan
01
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Happy New Year, readers. We decided to start 2016 on a high note with the OERC Blog’s Annual Report. Wait, don’t leave! I promise, there’s something for everyone at the end of this post. There are links to the most popular evaluation tools and resources from our blog entries this year. We judged popularity using our “clickthrough”… Read More »
Posted in: Blog
Dec
23
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‘Tis the season of gift-giving and who doesn’t love getting toys during the holidays? So we want to give our readers links to two fun data visualizations to play with over the holidays. Both were designed by David McCandless at Information is Beautiful. Snake Oil Superfoods summarizes the evidence (or lack thereof) for health claims about foods… Read More »
Posted in: Data Visualization
Dec
18
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Last week’s blog post was about using Excel to make data dashboards. As Cindy pointed out a dashboard is “a reporting format that allows stakeholders to view and interact with program or organizational data, exploring their own questions and interests.” What can that mean for your library? What does a library data dashboard look like?… Read More »
Posted in: Data Analysis, Data Visualization
Dec
11
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Chandoo.org is a website that excels at Excel. More specifically, it provides an extensive collection of resources to help the rest of us use Excel effectively. There’s something for everyone at this website, whether you’re a basic or advanced user. Today, however. I want to specifically talk about Chandoo.org’s resources on building data dashboards with… Read More »
Posted in: Data Visualization