Wendy Pothier
Business & Economics Librarian
wendy.pothier@unh.edu
Pothier, W., & Condon, P. (2023). Cultivating a Data Literate Workforce: Considerations for Librarians. portal: Libraries and the Academy, 23(4), 629-636.
Patricia B. Condon & Wendy Girven Pothier (2022): Advancing data literacy: Mapping business data literacy competencies to the ACRL framework, Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship.
Pothier, W. G., & Condon, P. B. (2020). Towards data literacy competencies: Business students, workforce needs, and the role of the librarian. Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship, 25(3-4), 123-146.
Pothier, W. G., & Condon, P. B. (2020). Seven Baseline Data Literacy Competencies for Employees. Information Outlook: The Magazine of the Special Library Association, 24(1), 7-10.
Business data literacy competencies
Business data literacy competencies (Pothier & Condon, 2019)
Description of business data literacy competency
Data organization and storage
focuses on foundational data management practices
Understanding data used in business contexts
involves identifying sources or potential sources of data and thinking critically about the use of the data
Evaluating the quality of data sources
involves critically evaluating how data was generated, who created or generated it, and how is it being analyzed and interpreted
Interpreting data
highlights the importance of knowledgeably decoding data in order to apply findings effectively
Data-driven decision making
emphasizes the data has the power to effect change by enabling decision makers to make deliberate and informed choices.
Communicating and presenting effectively with data
“is about extracting a meaningful and cogent narrative from the data” (Pothier & Condon, 2020).
Data ethics and security
embodies the “responsibility to approach collection, interpretation, use, and security of data ethically and with integrity” (Pothier & Condon, 2019).
