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Explore the use of storytelling and data visualization in libraries to empower users and enhance engagement. Discover tools like Tableau, Google Charts, and Visual.ly for creating interactive and informative visuals.
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EMPOWERING USERS AND OURSELVES: TECH TRENDS IN LIBRARIES Andy Burkhardt andyburkhardt.com Champlain College
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Reader of the future – 1935 issue of Everyday Science and Mechanics
1 STORIES
“PowerPoint presentations may be powered by state-of-the-art technology. But reams of data rarely engage people to move them to action. Stories, on the other hand, are state-of-the-heart technology—they connect us to others.” -PETER GUBER
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/05/13/business/student-debt-at-colleges-and-universities.html?hphttp://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/05/13/business/student-debt-at-colleges-and-universities.html?hp
DATAVISUALIZATION.CH http://selection.datavisualization.ch/
DAYTUM http://daytum.com
TABLEAU http://www.tableausoftware.com/public
GOOGLE CHARTS https://developers.google.com/chart/
VISUAL.LY http://visual.ly/
CAL POLY LIBRARY http://lib.calpoly.edu/about/facts/stats.html
EXPLORE MORE Data visualization for advocacy – Web Junction Data visualization project – NC State
2 CURIOSITY
SKILLSHARE http://www.skillshare.com/
P2PU http://p2pu.org/en/
KAHN ACADEMY http://www.khanacademy.org/
TED ED http://ed.ted.com/
ED X http://www.edxonline.org/
BADGES http://openbadges.org A Future Full of Badges – Chronicle of Higher Education
EXPLORE MORE Let’s use video to reinvent education – Salman Kahn (TED) Disruptive Educational Models and Open Education – ALA Techconnect
3 CREATION
PINTEREST http://pinterest.com/
KICKSTARTER http://www.kickstarter.com/
UNGLUE.IT https://unglue.it/
EXPLORE MORE We are makers – Dale Dougherty (TED) 20 Ways Libraries Are Using Pinterest Right Now
“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” - ALAN KAY
CREDITS 1. Flickr | journalism students using mac apple | chris.corwin 4. Flickr | Lower School Pajama Night | Santa Catalina School 5. Flickr | Compeled by curiosity | Gabriella Corrado 6. Flickr | Untitled | J. Star 7. Flickr | Our Direction | Brian Talbot 18. Picasa | Champlain Statue News | Stephen Mease 35. Flickr | Graphic Conversation | Marc Wathieu Colors: COLOURLovers | tech light | COLOURLover