CONSIDERING DATA LITERACY USING KUHLTHAU’S INFORMATION SEARCH PROCESS: �Implications for Librarians and Data Providers

Charissa Jefferson, Princeton University

Kristin Fontichiaro, University of Michigan School of Information

Katrina Stierholz, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Lynette Hoelter, ICPSR, University of Michigan

ACRL | 8.16.2021

Welcome!

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Charissa

was: Dancer is: Labor Economics Librarian, Princeton

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Katrina

was: Government docs librarian is: FRED/FRASER/Econ Ed @ St. Louis Fed

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Lynette

was: Sociologist is: Dir. of Instructional Resources, ICPSR

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Kristin

was: Stage manager is: Clinical Professor, U of Michigan � School of Information, data

communication and data literacy

None of us started in data. We all have roots in the arts!

POLL:

We’d love to know a little bit about you.

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https://doi.org/10.1080/08963568.2020.1847556

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Opportunities for Librarians

Information Search Process (Kuhlthau)

Q&A

What is data literacy?

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CHAT:�What is data literacy?

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Data Literacy

“the ability to understand and use data effectively to inform decisions … knowing how to identify, collect, organize, analyze, summarize, and prioritize data … how to develop hypotheses, identify problems, interpret the data, and determine, plan, implement, and monitor courses of action.”

Mandinach & Gummer 2013, p. 30

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https://doi.org/10.1080/08963568.2020.1847556

As use of data expands into additional disciplines, what can librarians and data providers do to better support students needs in working with data?

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How can we make sense of those needs and integrate them into existing knowledge about how students research and where they struggle?

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Empathy.

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Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development

Kuhlthau’s Zone of Intervention

What can students do with help and support that they cannot do without?

When is/are the best time(s) in the process for librarians to intervene and be effective?

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Don’t help me now.

Where is what I need? How do I make sense of this?

How do I visualize what I have found?

I need something very specific. Right now.

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Don’t help me now.

Where is what I need? How do I make sense of this?

How do I visualize what I have found?

I need something very specific. Right now.

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CHAT:�How do students respond when you do your database & search demo right when the project is announced?

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SO … why do we agree to come to classes at the onset of a project?

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Don’t invest in low ROI activities. Find the high ROI interventions.

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Don’t help me now.

Where is what I need? How do I make sense of this?

How do I visualize what I have found?

I need something very specific. Right now.

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Supporting Librarians

1. Love Data Week, webinars, Biennial meeting
2. Beyond the Numbers
3. ICPSR Summer Classes
4. FRED Interactives
5. Coming soon: librarian created activities w/FRED

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Are we hitting the mark?

Don’t help me now.

Where is what I need? How do I make sense of this?

How do I visualize what I have found?

I need something very specific. Right now.

Collection: Metadata Critical

1. Students are excited because searches have been narrowed down to relevant data
2. Data providers must make certain the data are easily obtained (variety of formats, online analysis/interactive graphics)
3. Data must be fully documented and documentation should accompany any downloads to avoid later confusion
4. Librarians and providers should encourage citation as with all other sources

Don’t help me now.

Where is what I need? How do I make sense of this?

How do I visualize what I have found?

I need something very specific. Right now.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Pie_chart_of_countries_by_area.png

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Why is this here?

Why does it matter?

What do you want me to do about it?

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If you don’t know what matters in the numbers you’re sharing, how can you expect anyone else to?

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Data Storytelling

Bridge between your numbers and the audience’s understanding

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Make your aha moments visible to others

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Turn stats into actionable insights

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Attendance at ALA Annual, 2011-2020

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Don’t help me now.

Where is what I need? How do I make sense of this?

How do I visualize what I have found?

I need something very specific. Right now.

Questions?

Charissa Jefferson�Princeton University�charissaj@princeton.edu��Katrina Stierholz�Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis�katrina.l.stierholz@stls.frb.org

�Kristin Fontichiaro�University of Michigan School of Information�font@umich.edu | @activelearning | bit.ly/fontblog��Lynette Hoelter�ICPSR, University of Michigan

lhoelter@umich.edu�

Some of the slides in this deck were adapted from an earlier presentation by Kristin Fontichiaro to the Alabama Library Association in Spring 2021

Thank you!