Teaching my first on-site class tonight for the fall semester- 30 students for Info Lit .
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#LibraryLife #Library #InformationLiteracy

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To learn more about "Calling BS," including class resources, syllabus, case studies, lesson videos, and the 2020 book co-authored by Bergstrom and West, check out: https://callingbullshit.org/

#UWCIP #MediaLiteracy #InformationLiteracy #Bullshit #BS

This article is a great assignment for #InformationLiteracy class:
*Is all knowledge available for free online?
*What did the author need beyond physical access to resources?
*How can a history become lost?
*What is the role of social networks in search?
*Which people or institutions might have the information you seek?
*Why are archives important? What are the challenges of using them?
*How does one question become many?

From: @davidallengreen
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Library Stuff!
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I took my Information Literacy Session on the road with an Ipad and 100 new students. Gave a walking tour, postcards and we had a great time.
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#Libraries #Librarian #Library #InformationLiteracy

As a #librarian and one of the few people still masking in my library/on campus, I really appreciate this essay: “Dominant COVID Narratives and Implications for Information Literacy in the ‘Post-Pandemic’ United States”

#InformationLiteracy #InfoLit #CritLib #CripLib

https://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2023/covid-narratives/

Wrote a blog post about my PhD literature review on the information literacy of engineering students #InformationLiteracy #LISresearch #InfoLit

http://woodsieresearch.co.uk/2023/08/24/teaching-information-literacy-to-engineers/

Bottom line: A lot is basically Google saying "take your old shit down, we could not care less for it, or you can kiss your ranking good bye."

‘Erasure of Content Can Be a Problem for the Public and for History’ - CounterSpin interview with Thomas Germain on online history destruction https://fair.org/home/erasure-of-content-can-be-a-problem-for-the-public-and-for-history/

#news #journalism #history #preservation #InformationLiteracy #InfoLit

Moment of sigh (to put it mildly from what I'd really want to reply to the following).

Local faculty pretty much removed any language about the library in new general studies curriculum. When a library admin asked about, they were told, by a historian btw, that "the library does not own information anymore. Students can now get it in so many other places."

(As I said, refraining from what I really wish I could tell that faculty member).

#InformationLiteracy #InfoLit #academia #HigherEd

#SaveYouAClick: Don't read news. OK, joke aside, do CUT your consumption and think critically about how and why you engage in #news and/or #SocialMedia.

The strategic questions on the first rule can be helpful.

5 rules for how to read the news — the Big Think way https://bigthink.com/the-learning-curve/5-rules-read-news-big-think-way/

#InformationLiteracy #InfoLit

”New articles: #InformationLiteracy in legal workplace; Self-efficacy; Supporting health literacy; IL discourse”

Journal of Librarianship and Information Science (vol 55 issue 2 2023)

https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/lisb/55/2

#bibliotek #libraries

Why you need to read things carefully, ask reputable sources as needed instead of listening to wackaloons on the Internet spreading misinformation.

Posts Exaggerate Significance of Swiss Study on Heart Risk and COVID-19 Vaccination https://www.factcheck.org/2023/08/scicheck-posts-exaggerate-significance-of-swiss-study-on-heart-risk-and-covid-19-vaccination/

#FactCheck #medical #health #InformationLiteracy #InfoLit

Artificial Intelligence and Librarianship https://information-literacy.blogspot.com/2023/08/artificial-intelligence-and.html

New open access book on the topic. Link in the post. #books #reading #AI #librarians #InformationLiteracy #IL #pedagogy #OpenAccess #free

Last Factual Piece Of Information Deleted From Internet https://www.theonion.com/last-factual-piece-of-information-deleted-from-internet-1850641601

#BarelySatire #InfoLit #InformationLiteracy #Internet

ICYMI: It's not often you'll find me agreeing with @EdWhelanEPPC but he's got this one exactly right. It's really uncomfortable to see progressive activists and personalities getting all happy about the Espionage Act. #bias #disinformation #informationliteracy #medialiteracy

https://johnhenry.us/blog/2023/06/19/tldr-a-simple-bias-check/

Hannah, M.(2023). Information literacy in the age of internet conspiracism. Journal of Information Literacy, 17(1), pp. 204–220.

https://journals.cilip.org.uk/jil/article/view/21

#InformationLiteracy #IL #ConspiracyTheories #QAnon #Libraries #bibliotek

ICYMI: It's not often you'll find me agreeing with @EdWhelanEPPC but he's got this one exactly right. It's really uncomfortable to see progressive activists and personalities getting all happy about the Espionage Act. #bias #disinformation #informationliteracy #medialiteracy

https://johnhenry.us/blog/2023/06/19/tldr-a-simple-bias-check/

ICYMI: It's not often you'll find me agreeing with @EdWhelanEPPC but he's got this one exactly right. It's really uncomfortable to see progressive activists and personalities getting all happy about the Espionage Act. #bias #disinformation #informationliteracy #medialiteracy

https://johnhenry.us/blog/2023/06/19/tldr-a-simple-bias-check/

It's not often you'll find me agreeing with @EdWhelanEPPC but he's got this one exactly right. There are no chains so heavy as those we forge for ourselves. #bias #disinformation #informationliteracy #medialiteracy

https://johnhenry.us/blog/2023/06/19/tldr-a-simple-bias-check/

How to Turn Kindergartners Into Fact-Checkers https://slate.com/technology/2023/06/finland-digital-literacy-factchecking-misinformation.html (Finland is doing a great job with this, worth emulating everywhere) #InformationLiteracy #FactChecking #education