Bruce White is the author of Spreadsheets for Librarians: Getting Results with Excel and Google Sheets, published in 2021 by Libraries Unlimited.
Lest you think we’re joking that Bruce makes spreadsheets fun:
“White’s writing style brings clarity and humor to the dry, technical task of mastering spreadsheets. Despite the library-specific examples, this offering will also appeal to other professionals looking for strategies to increase efficiency in their work.”—Library Journal
In Spreadsheets for Librarians, Bruce does a great job of teaching readers how to use spreadsheets to turn data into useful and valuable information. Real-life examples highlight a variety of techniques and shortcuts that can be immediately applied to libraries of all kinds.
However, since a picture is worth a thousand words, and a video is even better, we asked Bruce to show us how to use spreadsheets to manipulate data.
To our delight, he sent two videos. Please enjoy this short introduction to Bruce and Spreadsheets for Librarians:
And don’t miss the pièce de résistance! In this charming and extremely informative video, Bruce shows us how to use spreadsheets to manipulate data—in this case, a roster from the American Offshore Whaling Database that collects information about people who took whaling voyages in the 1700s and 1800s.
In Spreadsheets for Librarians, by Bruce White, you’ll learn how to use spreadsheets for dozens of purposes in public, school, university, and special libraries.
