(via Gwen Gregory, Northern Illinois University)
Registration is open for the free webinar “Introducing the Data Storytelling Toolkit for Librarians”. It will take place on Wednesday, July 17, at 12:00 PM CDT. Please see below for more information, including the link to registration.
The Data Storytelling Toolkit for Librarians (DSTL) project is supported by an IMLS planning grant. As the two-year planning project concludes, we are delighted to introduce the DSTL in a live webinar. The first half will be a presentation, and the second half will be an interactive session feedback.
The DSTL has the following missions.
- building a data storytelling toolkit
- supporting public and community college libraries
- using data libraries are already collecting
- creating data visualizations and strong story structures
- advocating for libraries with data storytelling
The presenter, Dr. Kate McDowell, is Associate Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s School of Information Sciences. Professor McDowell has worked with regional, national, and international nonprofits, including the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO, part of WHO) and the Public Library Association (PLA), State Data Coordinators of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), and many state-level library associations.
For more information, and to register, please go here.