Seeking meaning: A process approach to library and information services

This paper describes data literacy and emphasizes its importance. Data literacy is vital for researchers who need to become data literate science workers and also for (potential) data management pr...

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Data literacy for researchers and data librarians

This is an opinion piece about the decision by the ACRL Board of Directors to rescind its “Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education” in June 2016.

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The Rescinding of the ACRL 2000 Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education…Really??

The concept of electronic health (eHealth) literacy evolved from the social and information sciences and describes competencies necessary to use electronic health services. As it is a rather new topic, and as there is no current overview of the state of the art in research, it is not possible to identify research gaps. Therefore, the objective of this viewpoint article is to increase knowledge on the current state of the art of research in eHealth literacy and to identify gaps in scientific research which should be focused on by the research community in the future. The article provides a current viewpoint of the concept of eHealth literacy and related research. Gaps can be found in terms of a missing "gold standard" regarding both the definition and the measurement of eHealth literacy. Furthermore, there is a need for identifying the implications on eHealth developers, which evolve from the measurement of eHealth literacy in eHealth users. Finally, a stronger inclusion of health professionals, both in the evolving concept and in the measurement of eHealth literacy, is needed in the future.

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eHealth literacy research—Quo vadis?

Data governance and data literacy are two important building blocks in the knowledge base of information professionals involved in supporting data-intensive research, and both address data quality 

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Data governance, data literacy and the management of data quality:

Suggestions on How to Use the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education (http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/ilframeworkapps#suggestions) Introduction for Faculty and Administrators (http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards /ilframeworkapps#introfaculty) For Faculty: How to Use the Framework (http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/ilframeworkapps#usefaculty) For Administrators: How to Support the Framework (http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards /ilframeworkapps#adminsupport)

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Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education