Abstract
This paper describes the initial results from the Data Information Literacy (DIL) project designed to identify the educational needs of graduate students across a variety of science disciplines and respond with effective educational interventions to meet those needs. The DIL project consists of five teams in disparate disciplines from four academic institutions in the United States. The project teams include a data librarian, a subject-specialist librarian, and a faculty member representing a disciplinary group of students. Interviews of the students and faculty members present a detailed snapshot of graduate student needs in data management education. Following our study, educational programs addressing identified needs will be delivered in the fall of 2012 and spring of 2013. Our findings from the project interviews are analyzed here, with a preview of the five proposed and ongoing training approaches.
Keywords
libraries, data, information, literacy, curation, management, stewardship, documentation, metadata, education, intervention, curriculum, graduate students, DIL
Date of this Version
1-2013
Recommended Citation
Carlson, Jake; Johnston, Lisa; Westra, Brian; and Nichols, Mason, "Developing an Understanding of Data Management Education: A Report from the Data Information Literacy Project" (2013). Libraries Faculty and Staff Presentations. Paper 11.
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/lib_fspres/11
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Comments
Presentation given at the 2013 International Digital Curation Conference in Amsterdam, Netherlands.