What is Tableau Public? Tableau Public is a free service that lets anyone publish interactive data visualizations to the web. Who is Tableau Public for? Tableau Public is for anyone interested in understanding data and sharing those findings as data visualizations with the world. Journalists, writers, bloggers, students, professors, hobbyists, critics, citizens and more. As soon as a workbook is published to Tableau Public, the viz is accessible by anyone on the internet (with some restrictions – see below), so be sure to only use data that is suitable for a public audience. Source: https://community.tableau.com/docs/DOC-9135 Pros Excellent way to share data with library management,…
Conditional Formatting in Excel
Across all of my professional positions, I have used Microsoft Excel extensively. Over the years I have learned some tips and tricks and have become an “accidental expert”. While working at Overdrive, Excel was the primary software that I utilized to normalize data submitted from publishers for upload to the database. At the library, I teach a beginner and intermediate level Excel class. It is one of the most popular computer classes that the library offers. I’ll demonstrate some of my Excel skills below. Using Conditional Formatting in Excel What is conditional formatting and why would you want to use…
Canva is my Friend
My work at the library involves creating a lot of promotional materials for upcoming events. These marketing materials tend to be for display on our website, Facebook, & promotional TVs within our libraries. When I first started at the library I wrestled with Photoshop to make these graphics. Using Photoshop was time-consuming for the goal I was trying to accomplish. Photoshop is a great product but isn’t always the best choice. I learned about Canva.com at an Emerging Tech workshop at NEO. I have used it ever since. Creating graphics in Canva is now part of my daily workflow. It…