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  We are continuing on our academic journey on Data Curation  and this week we are looking at yet another exciting topic, using and reusing data. The value of open data is multifaceted. Nowadays data is created for many purposes and is now increasingly being recognised as a long term intellectual asset. This asset is capable of generating new knowledge, supporting innovation and strengthening future research, (Yatcilla, 2016). Zhang (2024) explains that data use is the primary application of data for the purposes for which it was intended or created for.It is important to understand that the use of data remains pivotal to research, decision making and knowledge among across different disciplines. Piwowar (2013) found out that proper data management practices are important inoder for data to be effectively used and reused. He pointed out that data should be carefully organised, accurately documented, securely stored and available only to authorized personnel.  In this mode...

 This week we are looking at how we can store data. The world now has enormous amounts of data and it is imperative that we devise convenient means on how we can store this data. Wilkinson et al., (2016) and Cox et al., (2019) explain that data  curation in data storage refers to the  structured and systematic management of digital information to ensure that it is securely preserved, well-organized and consistently accessible for future use.This is an importatnt aspect of the data curation life cycle  because the data does not only need to be collected and analyzed but must also be stored in a manner that supports long-term preservation, retrieval, sharing and reuse. In this regard effective storage underscores the reliability and sustainability of digital data assets in research and institutional environments ensuring that information remains usable beyond its initial purpose,  (Wilkinson et al., 2016; Cox et al., 2019). It is importatnt to understand that data...

  Hallo Bloggers we are back again  and we are continuing with Data Curation this week.Specifically we are going to talk about selection and appraisal of data. Pienta et al., (2017) explains that social scientists are ever producing an expanding volume of data leading to questions about appraisal and selection of content given to finite resources to process data for reuse. By applying a data driven approach we aim to ensure that curation resources are applied to make the most valuable data findable, understandable, accessible and usable.  Data repositories work to ensure that data are sufficiently preserved, accessible and understandable now and in the future. According to the UK Data Service (2019) selection and appraisal of data are very important in records management , digital curation and research data management. International Council on Archives (2016) explains that data selection is the process of identifying and choosing data that are considered important for lon...

     Welcome back everyone, I am glad to receive you once again on our blog. This is where we share informative and exciting stuff in our Library and Information Science profession. This week we are going to talk about data collection and data repositories and how these impact not only our profession but indeed the world as a whole. Data is collected on a daily basis and can be used in various aspects of our daily lives.This data can be used for research, academic work  and for our day to day lives and decision making. Data collection is a term used to describe a process of preparing and collecting data.It is the systematic gathering of data for a particular purpose from various sources that have been systematically observed, recorded and organised, (Lafta, 2018). Some of the purposes of data collection are to obtain information, to keep on record, make important decisions on issues and to pass information to others. Data is classified into  mainly into 2 major ...

 Hello Bloggers, We are back again this week and we are talking about Information Literacy Models sometimes referred to as the big 6. These models serve as a guide for developing information skills in individuals. These big  6  are also called information problem-solving models in information literacy and they include models such as the big 6 information skills model, seven pillars of information literacy model, pathways to knowledge model, PLUS model and seven faces of information model. For this week we shall concentrate on the big 6 information skills model. This is an information problem solving model developed by Mike Elsenberg and Bob Berkowitz in 1990. This model explains ways in which people of all walks of life solve an information problem. It integrates technology tools in a systematic process to find, use, apply and evaluate information for specific needs and tasks. This model demonstrates the way in which individuals learn to recognise their specific informati...

 Hey followers, We are back again this week and our topic is on information literacy. We shall discuss what abilities information officers need to have and the standards that need to be followed when handling information. Let me start by defining information literacy. It is the set of abilities needed by an individual to recognize information when its needed and the ability to locate, evaluate and use it effectively. This has become more important with the rapid changes in technology and the information explosion on the internet. One now needs special skills in order to sieve through the huge amounts of data available online.  Information literacy forms the basis for lifelong learning and it is common to all disciplines including learning environments and all levels of education. Information literacy is not all about writing or reading, no. It involves much more than that. In order to be qualified as an information literate person, you need to posses certain characteristics. I...

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