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LET THEM EAT PI(E) PI DAY in the Maps, Data & GIS Library Heather Whipple Data/Liaison Librarian BROCK UNIVERSITY LIBRARY 25 April 2014 Masterpiece & Monster.

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1 LET THEM EAT PI(E) PI DAY in the Maps, Data & GIS Library Heather Whipple Data/Liaison Librarian BROCK UNIVERSITY LIBRARY 25 April 2014 Masterpiece & Monster OCULA Spring Conference

2 PI DAY March 14 3.14 π

3 1988 Exploratorium celebration of π and pie

4 GIS Day @ MDG Library Everybody loves maps activities games swag no pie

5 Data is confusing intimidating BORING Solution? Pie!

6 Raise awareness of MDGL Encourage data literacy Mirror GIS Day and also pie

7 200 slices 2 hours Pi activities data literacy workshop new stats software in MDGL

8 hwhipple@brocku.ca WHAT EFFECT DOES IT HAVE? π Data consultations steady π 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?

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