Thanks to supporters, New Data Visualization Wall officially open
VCU Libraries officially unveiled a new tool to engage students and aid researchers: a Data Visualization Wall that will inspire visual communication of complex ideas and concepts. Located on the Lower Level near The Workshop, The Data Visualization Wall is a 4.5 x 8-feet (110-inch diagonal) video wall. The ribbon-cutting and reception for the wall kicked off Love Data Week, marked annually around Valentine’s Day. A series of workshops on data, design and dissemination and a coffee and conversation event rounded out the week.
Funding for the technology and installation has been provided by Dr. Catherine Hulshof’s Quest Grant through the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation as well as from the Friends of VCU Libraries.
VCU Libraries successfully competed for the VCU Foundation’s Big Idea grant this year. The VCU Foundation Big Idea Grant supports “innovative, measurable research, academic, and service-based projects that enhance an academic program, diversity initiative, quality of life, and/or university goals and activities”. The VCU Foundation’s support is vital to efforts to develop programming for the Wall. The Friends of VCU Libraries is also a generous supporter.
For more information about the Data Visualization Wall or to reach out with ideas for collaborations, contact The Workshop ([email protected]).
Image: Associate Dean for Scholarly Communications and Publishing Jimmy Ghaphery, left, joins Research Data Librarian Nina Exner, Ph.D., and Dean of VCU Libraries and University Librarian Irene Herold, Ph.D., at ribbon-cutting.
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