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The Data Information Literacy Toolkit, Jake Carlson, Megan R. Sapp Nelson, Marianne S. Bracke, Sarah J. Wright

Data Information Literacy Symposium

The Data Information Literacy Toolkit was the interview instrument developed and used by the Data Information Literacy project to better understand the educational needs of graduate students in managing, working with and curating their data sets. Results from the interviews conducted at Purdue University, Cornell University, the University of Minnesota and the University of Oregon were used to inform the educational programs offered by librarians at each institution in 2012 or 2013. The interview is based in part on the 12 data information literacy competencies as defined by Carlson, Fosmire, Miller and Sapp Nelson in an article that appeared in …