Making Peace with United Nations Data
Channel: Help! I’m an Accidental Government Information Librarian Webinars
Date: 2016-07-17

Learn where agencies and key initiatives store their data in the United Nation’s many repositories. This program will examine and differentiate between information sources at the United Nations Statistics Division, UNdata.com, UN Libraries and Information Centers. We will discuss where to find country, demographic and trade data in addition to how to field basic UN-related reference questions. The program will also briefly discuss the UN’s data visualization efforts in Comtrade and statistics promotion through World Statistics Day. Join this webinar to learn new reference sources for data and programming ideas for your college and university community.

Lisa DeLuca is the Liaison Librarian for the School of Diplomacy and International Relations. She received her MLIS from Rutgers University and is currently an MPA student at Seton Hall. Her research interests include helping students and faculty to upgrade their research output with data visualization.
Presented on November 11, 2015