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Visualisation of Knowledge (5 cr)

Code: 4A00BR98-3007

General information


Enrollment
22.04.2024 - 09.10.2024
Registration for the implementation has ended.
Timing
21.10.2024 - 18.12.2024
Implementation has ended.
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 cr
Local portion
0 cr
Virtual portion
5 cr
Mode of delivery
Distance learning
Unit
SeAMK Library and Information Services
Campus
SeAMK Seinäjoki, Frami
Teaching languages
Finnish
Degree programmes
Bachelor of Business Administration, Library and Information Services
Teachers
Juhani Haarala
Groups
KTDIPL24
Kirjasto- ja tietopalvelualan korkeakouludiplomi
Course
4A00BR98

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

- The student knows the principles of the compilation of statistics on the operations of libraries and is able to analyse statistics and produce reports on them
- The student is able to utilise statistical data and user data saved by library systems and online services for the monitoring, development and efficiency assessment of the operations of a library,
- The student takes the requirements of privacy protection into account when processing data
- The student knows about the opportunities of open data and text and data mining as well as the principles for distributing library data as open data
- The student is able to make graphic presentations based on given data
- The student is able to recognise fictional and interpretative meanings of infographics
- Understands the gestalt laws in the framework of visual communication

Content

- Library statistics and user data
- Utilisation of library statistics and user data by libraries
- Tools for the utilisation of statistical and user data
- Privacy protection and processing of personal data in the utilisation of user data
- Open data and libraries
- Data mining and libraries
- Basics of vector graphics with adobe Illustrator or other similar software
- Production of charts, diagrams and maps based on given data
- Preparation of an infographic presentation based on given data
- Gestalt psychology and gestalt laws

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student
- has sufficiently attended the contact teaching and completed the required partial study attainment
- recognises the most common statistical and data sources and the opportunities to use them
- knows the concept of open data and the principles of text and data mining
- is able to produce a simple graphic presentation based on given data
- knows the basic tools of vector graphics

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student
- has chiefly attended the contact teaching and the other partial study attainments actively
- the student knows well the different statistical data and user data produced by library operations
- is able to use statistics and user data to present and assess library operations
- recognises the opportunities to use open data and text and data mining
- is able to utilise their own expression in their graphic presentations
- is able to apply the basic rules of layout in their products
- is able to analyse their products

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student
- has attended the contact teaching and the other partial study attainments actively
- the student knows comprehensively the different statistical data and user data produced by library operations
- is able to assess and analyse available statistics and user data and its importance for the monitoring and development of library operations
- has an extensive understanding of the opportunities to use open data and text and data mining
- is able to utilise their own expression in diverse ways in their graphic presentations
- is able to apply the basic rules of layout to support communication, and also break them
- is able to analyse their products in a professional manner

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