Worth a Thousand Words: Infographics for Librarians

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Infographics are a way of representing complex data or processes in a way that users can understand quickly and simply. They are becoming increasingly popular, and there are many ways from marketing to reporting use stats that libraries can harness infographics' potential to tell compelling, visually interesting stories. In this session, participants will learn about ideas for using infographics, free online tools for creating and distributing infographics, and best practices for creating infographics.

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Start Date

2-8-2013 2:10 PM

End Date

2-8-2013 2:55 PM

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http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/20045

Subjects

Visual communication, Communication -- Graphic methods, Information visualization, Academic libraries -- Communication systems

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Worth a Thousand Words: Infographics for Librarians

Infographics are a way of representing complex data or processes in a way that users can understand quickly and simply. They are becoming increasingly popular, and there are many ways from marketing to reporting use stats that libraries can harness infographics' potential to tell compelling, visually interesting stories. In this session, participants will learn about ideas for using infographics, free online tools for creating and distributing infographics, and best practices for creating infographics.