[Michlib-l] Fwd: FREE ALA webinar: Post-Truth: Fake News and a New Era of Information Literacy

[Christine Hage]

We're doing a public program tonight on this topic.


Christine Lind Hage
Director, Rochester Hills Public Library
Division Councilor, United for Libraries
500 Olde Towne Road
Rochester, MI 48307-2043
248/650-7122

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From: Sarah Ostman <sostman at ala.org>
Date: Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 1:04 PM
Subject: FREE ALA webinar: Post-Truth: Fake News and a New Era of
Information Literacy
To: PUBLIB at oclc.org


Join ALA's Public Programs Office and ProgrammingLIbrarian.org for this
free webinar on Feb. 22. Questions? Email us at publicprograms at ala.org
<mailto:publicprograms at ala.org>.
(Want to be notified early about future webinars? Sign up for the
Programming Librarian e-newsletter<http://www.programminglibrarian.org/
about/get-our-enewsletter>.)

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"Post-Truth: Fake News and a New Era of Information Literacy"
Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2 p.m. EST / 1 p.m. CST
Duration: 45 minutes
Cost: Free
To register: http://www.programminglibrarian.org/learn/post-truth-fake-news-
and-new-era-information-literacy

Description

A recent Stanford Graduate School of Education study<https://sheg.stanford.
edu/upload/V3LessonPlans/Executive%20Summary%2011.21.16.pdf> found that
most students, middle school through college, struggled to distinguish
between credible and unreliable news articles. Many adults have the same
challenge.

Can you spot fake news? Do you know how to help others differentiate
between truth and fiction? Join us to learn how you can be a better
ambassador for information literacy.

Talk of fake news and the need for critical thinking skills have been in
heavy rotation in the media in recent months, with new calls for the public
to acquire appropriate research and evaluation skills and become more
information savvy. However, none of this is new for librarians and
information professionals, particularly for those who teach information
literacy classes! With this renewed interest, librarians have brand new
opportunities to impart these skills to patrons.

In this webinar, participants will:


  *   Learn more about the rise of fake news, particularly those
information behaviors that perpetuate its spread
  *   Learn ways to identify fake news
  *   Explore methods to help library patrons identify fake news

Presenter

Nicole A. Cooke is an assistant professor at the School of Information
Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She holds an
M.Ed in adult education from Pennsylvania State University and an MLS and
Ph.D. in communication, information and library studies from Rutgers
University. Her research and teaching interests include human information
behavior (particularly in an online context), critical cultural information
studies, and diversity and social justice in librarianship (with an
emphasis on infusing them into LIS education and pedagogy). Cooke was named
a "Mover & Shaker"<http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2007/03/
people/movers-shakers-2007/nicole-cooke-and-trevor-dawes-
movers-shakers-2007/> by Library Journal in 2007 and was the 2016 recipient
of ALA's Equality Award and the Achievement in Library Diversity Research
Award presented by ALA's Office for Diversity, Literacy & Outreach. Her
latest work is "Information Services to Diverse Populations"<http://www.abc-
clio.com/LibrariesUnlimited/product.aspx?pc=A4633P> (Libraries Unlimited,
2016). Learn more  at http://www.nicolecooke.info/ or follow her on Twitter
@librarynicole.


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Sarah Ostman
Communications Manager
Public Programs Office
American Library Association
312-280-5061



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