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Data Quality Literacy: Full Series
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The document has included 13 knowledge briefs of data quality literacy series in one PDF file. 
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Information Creation as Process, Research as Inquiry
Contributor: Grace Liu
Resource Type(s): Instruction Program Material, Professional Development Material, Worksheet
Data Quality Literacy Series 13 - Evaluating Survey Data Quality
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The knowledge brief on evaluating survey data quality follows the total survey error framework to help users understand the potential quality issues of survey data.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Information Creation as Process, Research as Inquiry, Framework as a Whole
Contributor: Grace Liu
Resource Type(s): Instruction Program Material, Professional Development Material, Worksheet
Data Quality Literacy Series 12 - Understanding Survey Data and Public Polls
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The knowledge brief on understanding survey data and public polls help users to understand the key concepts in survey research and its methodology with examples for popular surveys and public polls.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Information Creation as Process, Research as Inquiry, Framework as a Whole
Contributor: Grace Liu
Resource Type(s): Instruction Program Material, Professional Development Material, Worksheet
Data Quality Literacy Series 11 - Evaluating International Government Data Quality
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The knowledge brief on evaluating international government data quality help users understand common data quality issues of international government data. 
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Information Creation as Process, Research as Inquiry, Framework as a Whole
Contributor: Grace Liu
Resource Type(s): Instruction Program Material, Professional Development Material, Worksheet
Data Quality Literacy Series 10 - Commercial Data Quality: Conversation with Researchers
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This knowledge brief on commercial data quality helps users to prepare conversation with researchers on data quality issues.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Information Creation as Process, Research as Inquiry, Framework as a Whole
Contributor: Grace Liu
Resource Type(s): Instruction Program Material, Professional Development Material, Worksheet
Data Quality Literacy Series 09 - Commercial Data Quality: Conversation with the Vendors
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This knowledge brief on commercial data quality helps users to prepare the conversation of data quality issues with commercial data vendors.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Information Creation as Process, Research as Inquiry, Framework as a Whole
Contributor: Grace Liu
Resource Type(s): Instruction Program Material, Professional Development Material, Worksheet
Data Quality Literacy Series 08 - Evaluating Commercial Data Quality
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The knowledge brief on evaluating commercial data quality guide users to go through a list of common data quality issues that need researchers' attention.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Information Creation as Process, Research as Inquiry
Contributor: Grace Liu
Resource Type(s): Instruction Program Material, Professional Development Material, Worksheet
Data Quality Literacy Series 07 - Understanding Commercial Data
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The knowledge brief on understanding commercial data helps users understand commercial data, the benefits of using commercial data, and its limitations.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Information Creation as Process, Research as Inquiry
Contributor: Grace Liu
Resource Type(s): Instruction Program Material, Professional Development Material, Worksheet
Data Quality Literacy Series 06 - Evaluating Administrative Data Quality
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The knowledge brief on evaluating administrative data guides users to go through the quality dimensions of relevance, accessibility, interpretability, coherence, accuracy, and institutional environment to assess the fitness for use of the…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Information Creation as Process, Research as Inquiry
Contributor: Grace Liu
Resource Type(s): Instruction Program Material, Professional Development Material, Worksheet
Data Quality Literacy Series 05 - Understanding Administrative Data
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The knowledge brief on understanding administrative data helps users understand administrative data, the benefits of using administrative data, and its limitations.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Information Creation as Process, Research as Inquiry, Framework as a Whole
Contributor: Grace Liu
Resource Type(s): Instruction Program Material, Professional Development Material, Worksheet
Data Quality Literacy Series 04 - Using and Evaluating Federal Statistics
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The knowledge brief on using and evaluating U.S. federal statistics introduces the basic quality standards and guidelines that ensures the quality of federal statistics and how to assess the fit between the statistical datasets and their research…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Information Creation as Process, Research as Inquiry, Framework as a Whole
Contributor: Grace Liu
Resource Type(s): Instruction Program Material, Professional Development Material, Worksheet
Data Quality Literacy Series 03 - Evaluating Dataset for Research Needs
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The knowledge brief on evaluating dataset for research needs guide researchers to assess the fit between the dataset and the research question.  
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Information Creation as Process, Research as Inquiry, Framework as a Whole
Contributor: Grace Liu
Resource Type(s): Instruction Program Material, Professional Development Material, Worksheet
Data Quality Literacy Series 02 - Evaluating Data Documentation
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The knowledge brief on evaluating data documentation includes the characteristics of good documentation and the approaches to evaluate the quality of data documentations.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Information Creation as Process, Research as Inquiry, Framework as a Whole
Contributor: Grace Liu
Resource Type(s): Instruction Program Material, Professional Development Material, Worksheet
Data Quality Literacy Series 01 - Data Reference Interview
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This knowledge brief on data reference interview include a list of questions to ask when a researcher has a request related to data.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Information Creation as Process, Research as Inquiry, Framework as a Whole
Contributor: Grace Liu
Resource Type(s): Instruction Program Material, Professional Development Material, Worksheet
Data Quality Literacy: A Guidebook
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The book is an edited collection based on a seven-session national forum webinar series on data quality literacy. It covers topics including evaluating data quality: challenges & competencies, quality assurance in data creation, understanding…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Creation as Process, Research as Inquiry, Framework as a Whole
Contributor: Grace Liu
Resource Type(s): Publication
Anti-Racist Teaching in Higher Education: Teaching Resources
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Tabs: Books, Ebooks, Vidoes, Articles, Podcasts, Resources for Your Students
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Research as Inquiry, Scholarship as Conversation, Searching as Strategic Exploration
Contributor: Sarah Hood
Resource Type(s): Bibliography, Research Guide
Business Intelligence Tool & Company Analysis [Instructor Use-no pictures]
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These materials accompany the book chapter “Data Visualization: Visualizing Decisions” from Teaching Business Information Literacy published by ACRL Press.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Research as Inquiry
Contributor: Chelsea Barrett
Resource Type(s): Assignment Prompt
Business Intelligence Tool & Company Analysis [Instructor Use-with pictures]
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These materials accompany the book chapter “Data Visualization: Visualizing Decisions” from Teaching Business Information Literacy published by ACRL Press.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Research as Inquiry
Contributor: Chelsea Barrett
Resource Type(s): Assignment Prompt
Business Intelligence Tool & Company Analysis Worksheet [Student Assignment]
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These materials accompany the book chapter “Data Visualization: Visualizing Decisions” from Teaching Business Information Literacy published by ACRL Press.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Research as Inquiry
Contributor: Chelsea Barrett
Resource Type(s): Assignment Prompt
Steps for Using Microsoft Power BI [Worksheet]
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These materials accompany the book chapter “Data Visualization: Visualizing Decisions” from Teaching Business Information Literacy published by ACRL Press.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Research as Inquiry
Contributor: Chelsea Barrett
Resource Type(s): Instruction Program Material
Privacy and Dx (Digital Transformation) Workshop [Peer/Professional]
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This workshop engages academic librarians and higher education professionals in considering the implications of Dx (digital transformation) for privacy, especially intellectual privacy, in higher education. The session is designed to reveal how…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Has Value, Research as Inquiry
Contributor: Sarah Hartman-Caverly
Resource Type(s): Activity, Assessment Material, Learning Object, Learning Outcomes List, Lesson Plan, Practitioner Reflection, Professional Development Material, Slide Deck, Worksheet
Intellectual Privacy Workshop [Peer/Professional]
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This workshop introduces intellectual privacy and related concepts for academic librarians and higher education professionals. The session is designed to explore the interrelationship between intellectual privacy, surveillance, the chilling effect,…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Has Value, Research as Inquiry
Contributor: Sarah Hartman-Caverly
Resource Type(s): Activity, Assessment Material, Learning Object, Learning Outcomes List, Lesson Plan, Practitioner Reflection, Professional Development Material, Slide Deck
MOOC BoniCI
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An open access MOOC in French to bonify the information literacy skills of university students (with Moodle).
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Information Creation as Process, Information Has Value, Research as Inquiry, Scholarship as Conversation, Searching as Strategic Exploration, Framework as a Whole
Contributor: Pascal Martinolli
Resource Type(s): Activity, Assessment Material, Learning Object, Tutorial
Evidence-Based Practice
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The Evidenced-Based Practice lesson is mapped to the Research as Inquiry Frame and addresses how to match a clinical question to types of research evidence.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Research as Inquiry
Contributor: New Literacies Alliance
Resource Type(s): Activity, Assessment Material, Learning Object, Professional Development Material, Tutorial
ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education helps prepare under represented students for college success
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This program targets students who have been identified as individuals who would benefit from enrichment and academic and social preparation for success in a university setting. The library offers a six-week, one-credit course through the Africana…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Information Has Value, Research as Inquiry
Contributor: Tony Cosgrave
Resource Type(s): Professional Development Material