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Data Visualization Literacy Skills of Information Science Students

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Title: Data Visualization Literacy Skills of Information Science Students
Language: English
Authors: Monica Rogers, SaBrina Jeffcoat
Source: Journal of Education for Library and Information Science. 2024 65(4):410-425.
Availability: Association for Library and Information Science Education. Available from: University of Toronto Press. 5201 Dufferin Street, Toronto, ON, M3H 5T8 Canada. Tel: 416-667–7929; Fax: 416-667–7832; e-mail: journals@utpress.utoronto.ca; e-mail: office@alise.org; Web site: https://www.utpjournals.press/loi/jelis
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 16
Publication Date: 2024
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Descriptors: Visual Aids, Information Science Education, Multiple Literacies, Data, Accreditation (Institutions), Graduate Students, Library Schools, Skill Development
DOI: 10.3138/jelis-2023-0024
ISSN: 0748-5786
2328-2967
Abstract: Data visualization literacy is "the ability and skill to read and interpret visually represented data in and to extract information from data visualizations" and is an emerging literacy type. Even though support exists for data literacy and data visualization use within the academic professions, limited research assessing data visualization literacy skills has been published. This study surveys participants recruited from the 56 institutions with ALA-accredited information programs using Visualization Literacy Assessment Tool (VLAT) content directly from the original test instrument. The results of this study indicate that information science students may possess data visualization literacy skills but have gaps in relation to specific types of data visualizations.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2024
Accession Number: EJ1444739
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:Data visualization literacy is "the ability and skill to read and interpret visually represented data in and to extract information from data visualizations" and is an emerging literacy type. Even though support exists for data literacy and data visualization use within the academic professions, limited research assessing data visualization literacy skills has been published. This study surveys participants recruited from the 56 institutions with ALA-accredited information programs using Visualization Literacy Assessment Tool (VLAT) content directly from the original test instrument. The results of this study indicate that information science students may possess data visualization literacy skills but have gaps in relation to specific types of data visualizations.
ISSN:0748-5786
2328-2967
DOI:10.3138/jelis-2023-0024