A Short Primer on Data Visualization

Introduction Data visualizations shape the way that we see and interact with the world around us.  Tableau defines data visualization as "the graphical representation of information and data."  These graphical representations can be shown as charts, plots, or infographics, with the goal of communicating complex data relationships in a way that is easy to understand.... Continue Reading →

Earth Day – Using Government Documents Resources

April 22nd is Earth Day! That means it’s time to highlight useful materials for researching environmental science and climate change. Let’s look at some of the many environment-related resources that you can access in the FSU Libraries’ Government Documents collection. For the sake of manageability, we’ll be focusing on information from U.S. Federal Government documents.... Continue Reading →

Championing Data Justice in Research and Beyond

"Why am I always being researched?" This poignant question reflects a deep-seated concern among racially, socially, economically or otherwise marginalized community members—a concern that speaks to power imbalances, privacy violations, and a lack of accountability in the realms of data and research which often extract knowledge in a way that reproduces harm. As FSU Libraries... Continue Reading →

STEM Data Fellow Spotlight: Carlos Bravo

Hello! My name is Carlos, and I am currently a junior majoring in Computer Science. My relationship with Computer Science is a very complicated one, from not liking it to loving it. Ever since I was a kid I’ve loved video games, specifically games like Minecraft because they allowed me to create things from scratch... Continue Reading →

Love Data Week 2024

Introduction Love Data Week is coming back to FSU in 2024! Love Data Week, or LDW, is an international event where individuals and groups are encouraged to host and participate in activities related to any and all data. It occurs every week that Valentine’s Day lands, and focuses on helping people learn about the best... Continue Reading →

A Short Dive Into Data Science

Introduction Data science is a multidisciplinary field that combines math, statistics, programming, and artificial intelligence to analyze and discover insights embedded in large amounts of data. These insights can then be used to help data scientists ask and answer questions about data, such as: what happened, why it happened, what will happen, and what can... Continue Reading →

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