Bringing information literacy into the academic curriculum

Bringing Business Intelligence into Finance Curriculum

The quantity of information around us is rising wherever we look. Companies are using Business Intelligence techniques to explore data to get a complete view of their operations which allows them to discover trends, improve their forecasting and operate more efficiently. The banking industry perceives Business Intelligence as a major tool for determining the consumer creditworthiness. For that ...

Innovation in a podshell: bringing information literacy into the world of podcasting

Purpose – This paper seeks to examine the development of a pilot program for using podcasting as a tool in the provision of information literacy in an academic library. It aims to discuss the implementation process and the issues encountered in developing a podcasting series at the Curtin University Library. Design/methodology/approach – The possibilities for using podcasts to deliver library i...

Drinking on the Job: Integrating Workplace Information Literacy into the Curriculum

Bringing Copyright into the Information Age

Urban Data in the primary classroom: bringing data literacy to the UK curriculum

As data becomes established as part of everyday life, the ability for the average citizen to have some level of data literacy is increasingly important. This paper describes an approach to teaching data skills in schools using real life, complex, urban data sets collected as part of a smart city project. The approach is founded on the premise that young learners have the ability to work with co...