A Semester-Long Seminar in Statistical Visualization for Undergraduates as Taught by a Science and Engineering Librarian

Primich, Tracy

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“…As research becomes more data-intensive and researchers face new challenges in managing and sharing research data, libraries have begun to offer a variety of data support services, including instruction and training [ 1 – 4 ], data management planning guidance [ 5 – 7 ], data stewardship and curation [ 8 – 10 ], and data visualization [ 11 – 13 ]. Research over the last few years indicates a growth in library data services.…”

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Defining data librarianship: a survey of competencies, skills, and training

Federer

2018

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ObjectivesMany librarians are taking on new roles in research data services. However, the emerging field of data librarianship, including specific roles and competencies, has not been clearly established. This study aims to better define data librarianship by exploring the skills and knowledge that data librarians utilize and the training that they need to succeed.MethodsLibrarians who do data-related work were surveyed about their work and educational backgrounds and asked to rate the relevance of a set of data-related skills and knowledge to their work.ResultsRespondents considered a broad range of skills and knowledge important to their work, especially “soft skills” and personal characteristics, like communication skills and the ability to develop relationships with researchers. Traditional library skills like cataloging and collection development were considered less important. A cluster analysis of the responses revealed two types of data librarians: data generalists, who tend to provide data services across a variety of fields, and subject specialists, who tend to provide more specialized services to a distinct discipline.DiscussionThe findings of this study suggest that data librarians provide a broad range of services to their users and, therefore, need a variety of skills and expertise. Libraries hiring a data librarian may wish to consider whether their communities will be best served by a data generalist or a subject specialist and write their job postings accordingly. These findings also have implications for library schools, which could consider adjusting their curricula to better prepare their students for data librarian roles.

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Defining data librarianship: a survey of competencies, skills, and training

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2018

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“…4,5 At OSU, many librarians with expertise in the humanities and social sciences have taught required bibliography courses at the graduate level. More recently, popular elective online courses on information competencies have been offered to undergraduates, as well as elective in-person "freshmen seminars."…”

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Lessons Learned: Year-by-Year Improvement of a Required Information Competency Course

Powell

Ginier

2013

Medical Reference Services Quarterly

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At the Ohio State University, a health sciences librarian is the co-instructor in a required information competencies course for first-year undergraduate students in the Honors Biomedical Science Major. This article discusses the creation and development of the credit-bearing, in-person course from the curriculum planning phase in 2005 to present. Improvements to the course are described by year. Student feedback, student performance, and reflection by the co-instructors influenced the course improvements, including changes in content, delivery, student feedback mechanisms, and assessment of student learning. The course teaches students to access, organize, read, and analyze the biomedical research literature.

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“…Libraries have offered specialized courses covering narrower components, such as the Science and Engineering Library at Vanderbilt University's course Visual Display of Quantitative Information. 23 Others, such as the libraries at University of Massachusetts Medical School and Worcester Polytechnic Institute, have provided undergraduate and graduate courses on research data management. 24 Efforts are not limited to STEM disciplines.…”

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Academic Librarians in Data Information Literacy Instruction: A Case Study in Meteorology

Frank

Pharo

2016

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E-science has reshaped meteorology due to the rate data is generated, collected, analyzed, and stored and brought data skills to a new prominence. Data information literacy-the skills needed to understand, use, manage, share, work with, and produce data-reflects the confluence of data skills with information literacy competencies. This research assessed perceptions of data information literacy and attitudes on its instruction for graduate students in meteorology. As academic librarians have traditionally provided information literacy instruction, the research determined if they were perceived as having a role in data information literacy instruction. The modified Delphi method was applied to obtain the perspectives of a panel of experts, representing students, librarians, professors, and researchers, for the purpose of forecasting and consensus-making. Through the consideration of the University of Oslo's Department of Geosciences' Meteorology Section, the research found that data information literacy skills were relevant to the work of meteorology students. Stakeholders perceived that academic librarians could play a future role in general instruction but that they would have to overcome obstacles to be involved in data information literacy instruction. For librarians to enter this domain, they would need to improve their technical skills, enhance their discipline-specific knowledge, or rely on collaborations. The significance of these findings was limited by the modest target population under examination; as a consequence, the results were strongly linked to the specific setting. Further studies would be necessary to determine their generalizability.cademic librarians have a history of facing changes in technology that vastly reshape their work. The digital age has brought incredible changes in the way information and data are produced, consumed, adapted, and shared, requiring a transformation of resources and services. At the same time, the meteorological community has undergone significant shifts as a consequence of e-science. E-science represents the unprecedented collection and analysis of data thanks to advances in high performance computational technology and networked environments. The scale of these data has accelerated scientific innovation and discovery but doi:10.5860/crl.77.4.536 crl16-828 Academic Librarians in Data Information Literacy Instruction 537has resulted in a deluge of data, some of which are messy and unstructured, and all of which are beyond the scope of manual control. Modern meteorology requires dealing with vast quantities of atmospheric measurements and running computation-and data-intensive models. For students in the field to engage with e-science data, they must have data skills to a degree not previously required. These skills-data information literacy skills-are the competencies needed to participate in the data-intensive research of e-science.We have explored perceptions of data information literacy skills and attitudes on their instruction for graduate students in meteorolog...

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A Semester-Long Seminar in Statistical Visualization for Undergraduates as Taught by a Science and Engineering Librarian

Cited by 5 publications

References 6 publications

Defining data librarianship: a survey of competencies, skills, and training

Defining data librarianship: a survey of competencies, skills, and training

Lessons Learned: Year-by-Year Improvement of a Required Information Competency Course

Academic Librarians in Data Information Literacy Instruction: A Case Study in Meteorology

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