Articles

Carlson, J., Fosmire, M., Miller, C., & Sapp Nelson, M. (2011). Determining data information literacy needs: A study of students and research faculty. portal: Libraries and the Academy, 11(2), 629-657.

In this initial article introducing the concept of data information literacy, the authors provide some preliminary investigations into how DIL might be defined. A pre-print version of the article - freely available to the public - can be accessed via the Purdue University e-Pubs repository.

Presentations

Carlson, J., Wright, S.J., Westra, B., & Jeffryes, J. (2013). Data information literacy: Multiple paths to a single goal. Poster presented at multiple locations, see below.

This poster, detailing the different approaches each DIL team utilized in responding to identified data management and curation needs collected from project interviews, was presented at the following locations: Research Data Symposium, New York, NY (February, 2013) University of Massachusetts and New England Area Librarian E-Science Symposium (April, 2013) Research Data and Access and Preservation Summit 2013 (April, 2013)

Sapp Nelson, M. (2013, March). Data information literacy: Multiple paths to a single goal. Lightning talk presented at IMLS WebWise 2013, Baltimore, MD.

This lightning talk presentation briefly covers each DIL team's experience working with a specific discipline and their response to identified data management/curation needs.

Carlson, J., Johnston, L., Westra, B., & Nichols, M. (2013, January). Developing an understanding of data management education: A report from the data information literacy project. Paper presented at the 8th International Digital Curation Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

This presentation describes the early 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. Interviews of the students and faculty members present a detailed snapshot of graduate student needs in data management education. Our findings from the project interviews are analyzed here, with a preview of the five proposed and ongoing training approaches as of January, 2013. A video of the presentation, captured by the event organizers, is available here.

Wright, S., Fosmire, M., Jeffryes, J., Stowell Bracke, M., & Westra, B. (2012, December). A multi-institutional project to develop discipline-specific data literacy instruction for graduate students. Paper presented at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

This presentation outlines the progress of the DIL project as of December, 2012, highlighting the needs assessments performed for each participating institution as well as the targeted instructional approaches for each DIL team.

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