infographics for academic librarians

APPS IN THE STACKS

Bonnie Lafazan 3/14/13

If you haven’t already noticed, Infographics

are showing up everywhere !

By presenting information using design

elements in a creative and fun format,

Infographics are able to quickly convey

knowledge to engage its viewers.If you haven’t already noticed . . . Infographics are showing up everywhere !

By presenting

information using

design elements in a

creative and fun

format, Infographics

are able to quickly

convey knowledge to

engage its viewers.

Source: Hot Button Studio

According to Zabisco,

an Infographic design

firm, 90% of Information

that comes to the brain

is visual.

See ! your brain

probably went right

from the text to the

graphic

There are so many great ways, as academic librarians, we can use infographics in our work:

-PRESENT LIBRARY SERVICES

-INSTRUCTIONAL/CLASSROOM MATERIAL

-NOTICES, SIGNS, AND OTHER LIBRARY ANNOUNCEMENTS

-TEACHING A CONCEPT OR SHOWING STATISTICS TO STAKEHOLDERS

- TEACH STUDENTS SO THEY CAN INTEGRATE IN THEIR PRESENTATIONS

BY THE WAY,

HOW BORING WAS THAT LAST SLIDE WITHOUT ANY GRAPHICS ?!

By using these creative visuals to catch the attention of users, information retention will increase, as will opportunities to get our messages across to more users..

You too, can create your own message for your library such as this one! ~created using http://visual.ly/

Check out these free tools that allow you to create great infographics based on pre-built templates:

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