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ALCTS webinar: Intro to Data Visualization: Tools and Skills, part 1

Date: Wednesday, November 7, 2018

All webinars are one hour in length and begin at 11 AM Pacific, noon Mountain, 1 PM Central, and 2 PM Eastern time.

This is part 1 of a two-part series. Intro to Data Visualization: Tools and Skills, Part 2 is the companion to this webinar.

This webinar series introduces common concepts of data visualization to build a working foundation for anyone to use with any tool. In addition, participants will explore a range of visualization software and discuss the strengths and weaknesses of each.

In part 1 of this two-part series, participants will gain the fundamentals needed to create visual analyses through a combination of supplementary text regarding data visualization and examples using Tableau software. It will also provide lists of helpful resources, offer a practice data set to work with, and explore the options available to those using Tableau Public.

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Learning outcomes:

This webinar will provide participants with a basic framework for developing visualizations. Participants will come away with tools for basic data clean-up, visualization structure, calculations/filtering, and formatting. Secondly, participants will come away with knowledge of some proprietary and open options for creating visuals.

Who should attend?

Library staff interested in available data visualization tools and gaining translatable skills for a variety of software options.

Presenter:

Reed Jones works for the University at Buffalo in the University Libraries Annex. He has both an interest in and experience with database architecture, reporting, analytics, and data visualization with a focus on fulfilment, delivery, and access statistics. He holds an MA in History and an MS in Information and Library Science from University at Buffalo.

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Registration Fees:  

Registration fees for single webinar:  ALCTS Member $43; Non-member $59; Group rate $129  

Registration fees for webinar series:  ALCTS Member $69; Non-member $95; Group rate $206  

Complete the individual webinar online registration form or the complete series online registration form. Sessions are listed by date and you must log in.

For additional information about this webinar, please go to the following website:

http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webinar/110718

All webinars are recorded and the one-time fee includes unlimited access to the webinar recording. All registered attendees will receive the link to the recorded session so if you are unable to attend the webinar at the time it is presented, you will have the opportunity to listen to the recording at your convenience.

For questions about registration, contact ALA Registration by calling 1-800-545-2433 and press 5 or email registration@ala.org. For all other questions or comments related to the webinars, contact Megan Dougherty, Program Officer, ALCTS Continuing Education at 1-800-545-2433, ext. 5038 or mdougherty@ala.org.

Posted on behalf of the ALCTS Continuing Education Committee.