This presentation was provided by Madelyn Washington of Berklee College of Music during the NISO webinar, Digital and Data Literacy, Part One, held on September 13, 2017.

1. Digital Literacy for Artistic Researchers and
Practitioners
Madelyn Shackelford Washington
@singinglib
mwashington1@berklee.edu

2. Madelyn Shackelford Washington
Digital Learning Librarian
Berklee College of Music

3. Digital Literacy
• College & Conservatory
Students
• Knowledge Practices &
Dispositions
• ACRL Framework

4. –Luke & Kapitzke, 1999; Norgaard, 2003
“…literacy is a culturally based phenomenon.”

8. – (Luke & Kapitzke, 1999)
“…attend to the larger contexts in which these
technologies and media emerge, including global
capitalism (more specifically, the shift to service-
and information-based economies) and
transnational cultural exchange.”

10. Berklee
• Performers
• Music Engineers
• Songwriters
• Music Therapists
• Music Industry Executives
• Music Educators
• Composers
• Conductors

11. Berklee Libraries
• ACRL Framework
• Threshold Concepts
• Demands on the artistic
researcher/practitioner.

12. Breaking into Local Scenes

16. Can I afford it?

18. How do contemporary music
students determine authority?
• Knowledge Practices
• Dispositions

19. Recognize that authoritative
content may be packaged
formally or informally and may
include sources of all media
types.

20. Acknowledge they are
developing their own
authoritative voices and
recognize the responsibilities
this entails, including seeking
accuracy and reliability,
respecting intellectual property,
and participating in communities
of practice.

21. Motivated to find authoritative
sources and recognize that
authority may be conferred or
manifested in unexpected ways.

22. Madelyn Shackelford Washington
Madelyn Shackelford Washington
@singinglib
mwashington1@berklee.edu