Information & Data Literacy Program

What is Information and Data Literacy?

Information and data literacy is a vital set of skills and self-reflective mindsets that enables people to:

• Ask good research questions;​
• Identify what information or data they want to find to help answer those questions;​
• Use appropriate search tools and methods  to seek useful and valid information and data;​
• Evaluate what they find prudently; select and then;​
• Use it effectively and ethically to create new information, data, knowledge, insights, or wisdom.

The Library’s Research and Learning Support team has an information and data literacy program, based on a set of intended learning outcomes (ILOs) which offers a mixture of workshops and self-directed learning materials (Library Guides, e-learning videos & games) to both undergraduates and postgraduates. 

The Library Data Analytics page provides data on workshops delivered and data on the Library’s e-learning videos and game use.

Want to arrange a library workshop or Guide?  Email the Learning Support Manager, Eunice Wong, or contact one of the subject librarians to arrange information and data literacy support, to embed in your program or course.

 

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Undergraduate (UG) Program

To develop information and data literacy (research skills), the Research and Learning Support team works closely with university offices, programs, and individual faculty members to embed library instructions in undergraduate programs and courses. 

New Students in DSTO’s New Student Orientation Make new students familiar with information environment, search tools & services available at a research institute	All Schools Library Tips for a Successful Academic Journey (tours & briefings) Get Started @HKUST (guide) 360-degree Library Virtual Tour
Year 1 & Common Core Courses Lay the foundations for ALL UGs on searching, evaluating, and using reliable information and data Work closely with CLE’s LANG program leaders	CORE 1403 (Academic English) CORE 1404 (Advanced Academic English) CORE 1202 (Common Core S&T) CENG 1600 (Common Core S&T)
Year 2 & 3 Build up students’ ability to navigate and use the information environment in their subject disciplines Via both LANG and subject instruction	SBMT	SSCI	SENG	SHSS
	ECON 3700 MGMT 2110 MGMT 2010	LANG 2010 PHYS 2080	LANG 2030	LANG 2070 LANG 3070 SOSC 2140
Year 4 – FYP / Capstone Courses Build on previous learning to enable students to do independent research in their disciplines and start to contribute knowledge to their fields	MGMT 4230 MGMT 4250	CHEM 4689 CHEM 4691 ENVR 4350

 

Some of these collaborations are “deep” collaboration, using methods such as multiple workshops, students submitting required research plans and having coaching sessions with librarians, and librarian-faculty member shared assessment of student work, with intended learning outcomes (ILOs). The Library also developed a rubric for assessing student’s ILOs in information literacy.

 

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Postgraduate (PG) Program

The Researchers’ Series is the Library’s program for postgraduates and researchers. It covers topics that relate to efficient management of research process in 4 themes (Authorship, Copyright, Data, and Impact). Some sessions are qualified for Professional Development Course for RPGs. Recordings for selected workshops are also available here. 

Examples of Researchers’ Series workshops

Authorship Emerging Open Science Tools for Literature Search Reference Management Tools Select the Right Journals for Publishing	Copyright Academic Integrity & Intellectual Property Author Rights, Copyright & Publishing Open Access What Where How
Data Data Disaster Prevention Data Management Plan Data Visualization with Tableau – An Introduction Supplementary Info in PDF is Not Enough – Apply FAIR Principles to Your Chemical Data	Impact Altmetric for Researchers Making an Impact – Tracking Your Research Metrics

 

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