Resources
A selection of resources created by VTF organizers and fellows.
This repository contains materials that can be used in various combinations to teach introductory data visualization topics and skills. Instructors can repurpose the materials for teaching. Learners can check out the recorded lectures to learn more about the topics.
This workshop (undergrad and grad level) provides an introduction to ethics in data visualization. Instructors can repurpose the materials for teaching. Learners can check out the recorded lecture to learn more about the topic.
A repository of exemplary data visualization resources for library-based instruction. (Under construction.)
Welcome new and aspiring data librarians! We’ve curated resources to help build skills and make connections.
This article reviews the need for data visualization support in libraries, reviews environmental scans on data visualization in libraries,
emphasizes the need for a focus on the people involved in data visualization in libraries, discusses the components necessary to set up
these services, and concludes with the literacies associated with supporting data visualization.
- Grynoch, Tess, Aghassibake, Negeen, Christensen, David, and Zoss, Angela. (June 7, 2022). Teaching data visualization: Adapting the Visualizing the Future data visualization modules for your institutional context. Workshop at IASSIST 2022.
- Grynoch, Tess, Aghassibake, Negeen, Rod, Alisa B., and Zoss, Angela M. (March 17, 2022). Mix and Match: Building Flexible Data Visualization Modules. Poster at 2022 RDAP Summit.
- Clement, Ryan, Sonnichsen, Amy, Joque, Justin, and Rutkowski, Andy. (May 18, 2021). Given Meaning: Centering the Work of Data Visualization in Instruction (slides). Presentation at IASSIST 2021.
- Klein, Jo, Wilkinson Saldaña, Cass, and Zoss, Angela M. (November 9, 2020). Using Wax and Jekyll to build minimal digital projects. Tutorial at 2020 DLF Forum.
- Carlito, Delores, and Ogdon, Dorothy. (October 9, 2020). A Framework for Data Visualization: Foundations and Threshold Concepts (slides). Presentation at 2020 Southeast Data Librarian Symposium.
- Shin, Nancy, LaPolla, Fred Willie Zametkin, Grynoch, Catherine Tess, and Gore, Sally. (August 13, 2020). Part II: Revisioning Data Visualization Services and Training: Data Storytelling and Data Visualization Lessons from the Field. Information Management Immersion Session at MLA ‘20.
- Aghassibake, Negeen. (July 24th, 2020). Decentering Whiteness in Data. Presentation at 2020 Gender and Sexuality in Information Studies Colloquium.
- Klein, Jo, Grynoch, Tess, and Rod, Alisa. (March 11, 2020). Connecting Communities through a Passion for Data Visualization in Libraries: The Visualizing the Future Symposia. Panel at RDAP 2020 Summit.
- Zoss, Angela. (October 18, 2019). Thinking (and teaching) critically for data visualization. Presentation at North Carolina State University Libraries’ Coffee and Viz series.