Tableau Unleashed: Visualizing Library Data

Abstract

Figure 1 showcases a Research Services Trends dashboard that is updated quarterly for the OSU Libraries Research and Education division's quarterly report. This dashboard is freely available to all OSU librarians and staff and was created using Tableau's Desktop Personal software, a production tool that is currently discounted for educators. The dashboard was posted to the web via Tableau Public, a free service that allows users to share Tableau visualizations online. 1