Visualizing Collections
1 like321 views
This document discusses tools and techniques for visualizing collections to effectively communicate trends, comparisons, and other insights from assessment data. It provides examples of different chart types in Excel and Tableau that can help explore trends over time, compare parts to a whole, and rank items. The document emphasizes designing charts for readability and highlighting important data through simplification, organization, and avoiding unnecessary complexity. Resources for further learning about data visualization in Excel, Tableau, and general best practices are also listed.
Visualizing Collections
- 1. Visualizing Collections Tools & Techniques for Practical Collection Assessment Sarah Tudesco Assessment Librarian
- 4. What are you trying to communicate? Trends Over Time Comparison and Ranking Parts to Whole Distribution Deviation Relationship
- 5. Trends over Time Line Chart 0 50,000 100,000 150,000 200,000 250,000 300,000 350,000 400,000 2007 2008 2009 201020062005 20122011 2013 English CirculationTransactions 2014 Annual Circulation of English Language Materials
- 6. Trends over Time Area Chart Annual Circulation of French, German, and Spanish Materials 0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 30,000 35,000 40,000 45,000 50,000 CirculationTransactions 2005 2006 2007 2008 German French 2009 2010 20122011 20142013 Spanish
- 7. Trends over Time Bar Chart Annual Circulation of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Materials 0 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000 12,000 14,000 200820062005 2007 20112010 20142009 CirculationTransactions 20132012 Korean Chinese Japanese
- 8. Comparison and Ranking Bar Chart 0 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 John Wiley & Sons Walter de Gruyter John Benjamins World Scientific College Press Oxford University Press USA National Academies Press Titles Taylor & Francis Ashgate Publishing Limited Nova Science Publishers Brill Academic Publishers Ebrary - Top 10 Publishers
- 9. Part toWhole Pie Chart English 70% No Language Specified 13% 18% All Other Languages 2014 Circulation by Language
- 10. Part toWhole 100% Bar Chart 9% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 77% 2006 78% 2007 4% 19%18% 73% 2010 18% 2011 18% 3% 17% 10% 12% 70% 2012 70%73% 18% 2014 18% 13% 2013 100% 78% 78% 18% 5% 2005 4% 19% 2009 4% 3% 18% 79%78% 2008 All Other Languages No Language Specified English
- 11. Creating Effective Charts Line Charts - Avoid separate legends 0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 2012 2014 French 20112006 Spanish 20132005 2007 2008 2009 2010 German 0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 20132010 20112006 20082007 2009 201420122005 German Spanish French
- 12. Creating Effective Charts Highlight the important data 0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 2012 2014 French 20112006 Spanish 20132005 2007 2008 2009 2010 German 0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 2012 2014 French 20112006 Spanish 20132005 2007 2008 2009 2010 German
- 13. Creating Effective Charts Orient your views for readability 0 20,000 40,000 60,000 80,000 100,000 120,000 140,000 160,000 Expenditures ($USD) Other Electronic Print
- 14. Creating Effective Charts Orient your views for readability 0 50,000 100,000 150,000 200,000 Arts & Humanities Sciences Social Sciences Medicine Expenditures ($USD) Print Electronic Other
- 15. Creating Effective Charts Organize your views 0 50,000 100,000 150,000 200,000 Budget Expenditures Social Sciences Sciences International Humanities
- 16. Creating Effective Charts Organize your views 0 100,000 200,000 Humanities International Sciences Social Sciences Expenditures Budget
- 17. Creating Effective Charts Avoid 3-D English French Spanish Italian Chinese All Other English French Spanish Italian Chinese All Other
- 20. Excel 2013:Recommended Charts Excel has built a ‘Recommended Charts’ section to help you identify the right chart for the data.
- 22. Excel – Making Charts with Large Data Sets Sample Report: circulation by year and the language of circulating material.
- 23. Large Data Set Strategies Simplify/Streamline • Consolidate categories • Think about what you’re trying to communicate
- 24. Tableau Software http://www.tableausoftware.com/ Tableau software offers a suite of Business Intelligence products that make it easy to query, organize, and visualize data. • Tableau Desktop • Tableau Server • Tableau Online • Tableau Public
- 36. DataVisualization Resources The Visual Display of Quantitative Information (2nd ed.) Edward R.Tufte 2001 The Accidental Analyst: ShowYour Data Who’s Boss Eileen McDaniel and Stephen McDaniel 2012
- 37. Tableau Resources Tableau 8:The Official Guide George Peck 2013 Communicating Data with Tableau Ben Jones 2014
- 38. Excel Resources Charts and Graphs: Microsoft Excel 2013 Bill Jelen 2013 Meaningful Graphs: Converting Data into Informative Excel Charts James M. Smith 2014