Towards data literacy competencies: Business students, workforce needs, and the role of the librarian

Abstract

Companies are looking to harness the power of data, both big and small, to take their business to new levels. One major hurdle for companies seeking to become data-centric is facing a lack of data literate talent for hire in the current market of recent college graduates. This article establishes a conversation about data literacy in business education, discusses the role of the librarian in this work, and proposes a set of data literacy competencies that librarians could help incorporate into business school education, as has been similarly seen in other disciplines.

Keywords:

• Data Literacy
• Business Librarianship
• Academic Libraries
• Big Data
• Business