Chapter 3. Information Visualization Meets Libraries
Abstract
Chapter 3 of Library Technology Reports (vol. 53, no. 2), “Information Visualization”
The amount of attention that information visualization has gained in the library community is on the rise. This is largely credited to improved and increased capabilities to analyze and interpret data in an effective, intuitive, and user-friendly way. The interplay of information visualization and the library has created new opportunities, trends, ideas, and, admittedly, some challenges that need to be overcome. Chapter 3 of Library Technology Reports (vol. 53, no. 3), “Information Visualization,” will give a thorough description of what has transpired, along with what is on the forefront of the intersection of information visualization and libraries.
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