Framing the Curriculum of DLI Training and Data Services: Part 1

The content for Data Liberation Initiative (DLI) training workshops was initially seen as consisting of instruction in five areas: data services, data management, data structure, data content, and data analysis & use. Training that addressed management and support activities was envisioned as cutting across these five areas. Since this first curriculum framework, training seems to have been grouped into four primary areas: the administration of DLI and the technical services needed to support this; knowledge of data content; data reference skills; and statistical and data literacy skills. What are the substantive topics and skills to be taught? What are the best practices from our experience with previous workshops that we should follow in the future?