LET THEM EAT PI(E)PI DAY in the Maps, Data & GIS Library

Heather WhippleData/Liaison Librarian

BROCK UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

25 April 2014Masterpiece & MonsterOCULA Spring Conference

PI DAYMarch 14

3.14π

1988Exploratorium

celebration of π and pie

GIS Day @ MDG LibraryEverybody loves maps

activitiesgamesswagno pie

Data isconfusing

intimidatingBORING

Solution?Pie!

Raise awareness of MDGLEncourage data literacyMirror GIS Day

and also pie

200 slices2 hours

Pi activitiesdata literacy workshop

new stats software in MDGL

hwhipple@brocku.ca

WHAT EFFECT DOES IT HAVE?

π Data consultations steadyπ Don’t know what users need

π Can’t provide statistics support yet

π ‘Good enough’ data found without help?π Lack of awareness of MDG services?

π Data not part of the curriculum?π Triumph of open data?