Guest Editor for Library Trends Issue on Data Literacy

Since 2012, libraries have evolved their efforts to support data literacy—a means to empower their patrons to confidently identify, collect, evaluate, analyze, interpret, present, and protect data(sets) they encounter—following Christine L. Borgman’s observation of the data deluge, an unprecedented influx of research data being produced. After more than a decade of work, where do libraries stand on data literacy post-“Big Data” hype? And where is it headed?

I’m excited explore these questions and serve as Guest Editor for an upcoming issue of Library Trends: “Data Literacy: Navigating the Shift from Hype to Reality” (Volume 74, Issue 3, February 2026). View the issue’s Call for Proposals (visible through December 2024) and learn more about the Library Trends journal at https://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/library-trends.