A Mini Post on Small Multiples
Small multiples certainly struck me as a confusing term the first time I heard it, so let’s jump straight into …
Sara Wicen
Careful Color Combos for All
One of the first times I gave much thought to what makes color I was playing with a rainbow suncatcher …
Stacking Bar Charts to Breakdown Budgets
Happy fall to the library community! The official first day of autumn is still a day away, but the air …
Mastering Design and Accessibility with Pictograms (MLS Not Required)
We say a picture is worth a thousand words, but when it comes to data visualization, it’s up to the …
How Do Colorado Public Libraries Stack Up?
From social media, to sports, to books and everything in between, almost anything can be compared these days. Of course, …
Making Space for Treemaps
Happy summer to the library community! Though the days have already started to shorten again, hopefully you all can find …
Building With Bubbles
Back in March, The Public Library Blueprints discussed both scatter plots and packed bubble charts and promised to follow up these two visualization methods with a …
Calculating Percentage Change in Changing Times
Welcome back to The Public Library Blueprints! After a short hiatus in April, this post tackles a topic that can trip …
Resilient Communities: How Library Programming Can Fight The Climate Crisis
Resilience is and always has been an essential trait for overcoming each generation’s greatest challenges. From international conflicts to the …
Libraries Faced a Flood of Challenges to Books and Materials in 2022
Libraries are built to provide access to information. According to the American Library Association (ALA), “Intellectual freedom is the right of …
Celebrating Pi Day with Pie Charts (and other circular data visualizations)
Happy Pi Day! I hope everyone looking to celebrate today eats a yummy piece of pie or at least momentarily …
Plotting to Grow Public Library Collections
Is it really March already? Time has been flying by at Library Research Service, and hopefully this year is off …
An Overview of What’s Overdue
The Public Library Annual Report (PLAR) data is packed with the potential to help inform all sorts of decision making …
The Public Library Blueprints: Laying the Foundation
Welcome back, library friends! We are already well on our way into 2023, and the new year has brought big …
Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection 2022 Fast Facts
Check out the first Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection Fast Facts report by LRS here! The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC) lives up …
Weaving Together Mixed Methods
Happy holidays to library lovers and data enthusiasts everywhere! This post will take a festive approach to wrapping up our …
Directions for Research Design: Mixed Methods
Have you ever come to a trail intersection and had a hard time deciding which way to choose, not because …
Pouncing on Prejudice: Mitigating Assumptions and Bias in Research
It is often stated that, “If you have a brain, you have bias.” Along these same lines, while exploring the …
Coming Face to Face with Interview Bias
Throughout the Between a Graph and A Hard Place blog series, we’ve often spoken of bias and controlling bias. From keeping your …
Presenting Three Types of Interviews
How do you feel most comfortable speaking in front of an audience? Do you have the confidence to let your …