Designed for librarians who work with all age levels from youngsters to seniors at all educational, reading and language backgrounds, who must fulfill responsibilities that run the gamut from instructing patrons on information literacy skills to using electronic tools to marketing the library to locating funding, Infographics: A Practical Guide for Librarians provides librarians with the following:
·Section I: Infographics 101 contains definitions, history, importance in today’s society, types and examples, advantages and disadvantages, general uses, uses in libraries, tools for creation and design tips.
·Section II: Practical applications show how to use infographics in academic, public, special and school libraries. Included are visual examples and step-by-step instructions to create two infographics
Included in each section are exercises, tables with URLs to more ideas and materials and references.
This practical guide will help every type and size of library use infographics as a powerful part in their 21st century game plan. Whether it's marketing the public library, improving students information literacy skills in a school library or showcasing the accomplishments of the academic library, infographics can be a vital part of the library's playbook. The book describes ways to use infographics to:
·raise funds for a public library
·teach critical thinking and 21st century skills in the school library
·illustrate why libraries matter by relaying value of academic libraries
·market the library
·improve information literacy in academic settings
·advocate for resources and services.
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List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. What Are Infographics?
Chapter 2. Communicating Through Infographics
Chapter 3. Creating an Infographic
Chapter 4. Resources to Create Infographic
Chapter 5. Teaching with Infographics
Chapter 6. Fundraising: An Essential Goal of Any Library
Chapter 7. Library Partnerships: A Win-Win Combination
Chapter 8. Increase Awareness of Underutilized and New Library Services
Chapter 9. Speak Out--Create Your Own Story to Advocate for Your Library
Chapter 10. Bringing It All Together: Creating Your Own Infographic
Index
About the Author
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How many times have we heard that a picture is worth a thousand words? Librarians seeking greater engagement with their user communities have a new tool at their disposal—the infographic, which combines text with images and data. Infographics: A Practical Guide for Librarians offers a wealth of stories describing how infographics communicate compelling, easy-to-understand messages for building awareness of library resources and programs, fundraising, developing library partnerships, and advocacy. Beyond that, practical steps prepare the reader to create an infographic: identifying the topic that will appeal to a target audience, gathering accurate supporting data, selecting appropriate design elements and choosing software for this purpose.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781442260368
Publisert
2015-12-17
Utgiver
Vendor
Rowman & Littlefield
Vekt
590 gr
Høyde
276 mm
Bredde
211 mm
Dybde
12 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
206
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