<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Magnuson, Lauren P</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lauren.magnuson@csun.edu">lauren.magnuson@csun.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 3:05 PM<br>Subject: [lita-l] Call for Proposals: LITA Guide on Data Visualization<br>To: "<a href="mailto:lita-l@lists.ala.org">lita-l@lists.ala.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:lita-l@lists.ala.org">lita-l@lists.ala.org</a>><br><br><br>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Call for Chapters:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">
<b><i>Data Visualization: A Guide to Visual Storytelling for Librarians</i></b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Proposals Submission Deadline: April 30, 2015</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Full Chapters Due: August 1, 2015</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Editor: Lauren Magnuson (California State University, Northridge)</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Series: LITA Guides</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Introduction</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Skills in data visualization are increasingly crucial for librarians and information professionals who work in libraries. Data and information
visualization involves expressing information to tell meaningful stories with data. It is critical for libraries to communicate their value to their stakeholders, and data visualization tools and technologies can enable libraries to tell the story of their
value in a way that is dynamic, engaging, and easy for viewers to understand. Libraries can also utilize data visualization technologies to assist researchers in interpreting public open data sets.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Recommended Topics</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Recommended topics include, but are not limited to:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Choosing, interpreting, and designing visualizations from datasets, such as:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt">How to identify data for use in visualizations<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt">Data presentation architecture<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt">Principles/best practices of visual storytelling with library data<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt">Visualizing data from a variety of sources, such as:<u></u><u></u></span>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt">Electronic resource (journal, database, e-book) usage<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt">Discovery and user behavior metrics and analytics<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt">Integrated Library System (ILS) / Library Services Platform (LSP) data<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt">Physical space utilization visualization<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt">Learning outcomes / instructional effectiveness metrics<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt">Institutional repository usage and inventory metrics<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt">Geographic and/or demographic data about library users or collections<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt">Visualizing workflows and processes<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt">Data mashups (combining data from multiple sources)<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Tools, technologies, and architecture for creating meaningful visualizations, such as:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt">JavaScript visualization libraries such as D3, Highcharts, Leaflet, Tabletop, or others<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt">Google Visualization API / Google Charts<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt">Creating visualizations with data from Business Intelligence (BI) tools such as Pentaho, Jaspersoft, or Tableau<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt">GIS tools for visualizing spatial or geographic data<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt">Tools for visualizing workflows and processes<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Case studies of information visualization projects or applications in libraries, such as:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt">Creating library usage and analytics dashboards<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt">Visualizing library collection usage<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt">Visualizations for data-driven decision making<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt">Visualizing processes or workflows for training and identifying efficiencies<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt">Using data visualizations in discovery interfaces<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt">Using data mashups (data combined from multiple sources) for visualizations<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt">Integrating data and spatial literacy into information literacy instruction<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt">Data visualization challenges and emerging trends in libraries<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Submission Procedure</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Please send a proposed title, 500-word abstract, and 100-word author bio to lauren.magnuson[at]<a href="http://csun.edu" target="_blank">csun.edu</a> on or before April 30, 2015. Authors will be notified by May 5, 2015 about the status of
their proposals. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">See more information and full chapter guidelines
<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-ZSvcfmTluAq0VhS_SDslZAwAeGknEUtCsio6YdhzXs/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">
here</a>.<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Lauren Magnuson<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Systems & Emerging Technologies Librarian<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Oviatt Library<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">California State University, Northridge<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="tel:818.677.2281" value="+18186772281" target="_blank">818.677.2281</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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