Creating Data Literate Students

Kristin Fontichiaro is a Clinical Associate Professor at the Universityof Michigan and principal investigator on the SupportingLibrarians in Adding Data Literacy Skills to Information LiteracyInstruction project (IMLS RE-00-15-0113-15). A Library JournalMover and Shaker and member of the American Library Association’sinaugural class of Emerging Leaders, she has written severalbooks for educators, librarians, and K-12 readers.Jo Angela Oehrli is a former high school and middle schoolteacher who helps students find information on a wide rangeof topics as a Learning Librarian at the University of MichiganLibraries -- Ann Arbor. In addition, she supports the students inthe Women in Science and Engineering Residential Program andthe students in the Michigan Research Community ResidentialProgram as well as undergraduates across campus. She has publishedarticles on library instruction, served as Chair of ALA LIRT’sTop Twenty Committee, serves on the ACRL Instruction SectionExecutive Board & the LOEX Advisory Board, and has worked asan adjunct lecturer for UM’s School of Information & the Collegeof Literature, Science and the Arts. She also supports the researchand instructional needs for those throughout the university communitywho are studying children’s literature at any level.Amy Lennexhas worked in the publishing industry for nearly 20 years editing series nonfiction, middle-grade fiction, and picture books. She’s also the author of Personal Data Management, part of the eight-book Data Geek series published by Cherry Lake Publishing. She provided project management and editing support for the Supporting Librarians in Adding Data Literacy Skills to Information Literacy Instruction project.