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Item Bit by Byte: Building Best Practices in Data Literacy(2022-05-05) Price, Carrie; Garczynski, Joyce; Yaukey, SuzannaData-related jobs are among some of the fastest growing in the United States. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, demand for data scientists is likely to grow by more than 30% by 2030 (Kness, 2022). Even if students don’t choose a data science career, data skills are becoming more and more in demand across several professions, from marketing to the health sciences. Increasingly, "digital technologies and data systems play central roles" in our lives and in society (Raffaghelli & Stewart, 2020, p.435). In order to jumpstart data skills at Towson University, LIS professionals at the Albert S. Cook Library sought to incorporate and support data skills and proficiencies through several different approaches over time.Item Putting history in their hands: White Gloves Sessions as a user outreach tool(2017) Mael, ElaineThis poster is from a poster session describing a program designed to highlight specific library collections through community outreach. Librarians at Towson University have been using White Gloves Sessions to showcase special library materials to various audiences. This poster addresses the concept, content, and methodology of using these sessions as an outreach tool for other libraries.Item Twitter and Higher Education: A Bibliometric AnalysisPrice, Carrie; Towson University. Albert S. Cook Library. Research and InstructionSince the inception of Twitter in 2006, the platform has grown tremendously, with over 199 million daily active users worldwide as of May 2021 (Tankovska, 2021). The use of Twitter in academia is of particular interest to me since I have used the platform to live tweet clinical conferences, to share my professional work, and to connect with large networks of clinicians, medical librarians, and methodologists. These connections have often led to lasting relationships and professional collaborations.