Towards a data literate citizenry

Twidale, Michael B.; Blake, Catherine; Gant, Jon P.

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Title

Towards a data literate citizenry

Author(s)

• Twidale, Michael B.
• Blake, Catherine
• Gant, Jon P.

Issue Date

2013-02

Keyword(s)

• data literacy
• citizen participation
• open data
• digital curation and preservation
• education
• Information behavior
• social and community informatics
• Information reuse

Abstract

We believe that data literacy should be a skill not just for scientists, but for all citizens. We make the case by considering literatures on various kinds of literacy, and using a number of examples to explore some of the challenges that emerge from trying to move to a more data literate citizenry. We consider the opportunities arising from developing technologies to help individual communities and intermediaries in understanding how data should inform personal and societal decision-making.

Publisher

iSchools

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/38385

DOI

https://doi.org/10.9776/13189

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Copyright © 2013 is held by the authors. Copyright permissions, when appropriate, must be obtained directly from the authors.

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