[Libs-Or] From the Harvard Shorenstein Center - webinar on Librarians and Misinformation - May 19

[dcohen at hevanet.com]

Librarians and Misinformation: Curating the Information Needs of Communities





Librarians and Misinformation: Curating the Information Needs of Communities


May 19, 2022

2:00 p.m. ET

Virtual Webinar

 <https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Nm0P47sXT46DNE2PYR51vw>
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While trust in political institutions rapidly deteriorates and the
technology and media companies that we rely on repeatedly fail to meet our
information needs, the public still
<https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2020/07/02/the-
new-american-library> overwhelmingly trusts libraries. That's because
librarians fulfill a service mission as community information stewards-long
serving as the only place people can go for free internet access, computer
instruction, books and access to critical government resources.

As the information needs of communities have expanded from a crisis of
access to a crisis of trust, librarians help patrons discern fact from
fiction online and increasingly find themselves defending decisions about
which books and information to carry and which to pull. The curatorial
decisions of libraries have been shoved into the fray of polarized cultural
and political debates about how to educate about racism in public schools,
how to provide community resources on queerness, and whether or not to carry
literature that promotes hate.

Meanwhile, debates rage about how tech companies and governments can
regulate and retool our information ecosystems to keep communities safe and
informed. Including the perspective of librarians in these conversations is
essential to keeping solutions grounded in serving the information needs of
our communities.

Please join us for a much needed conversation with librarians and scholars
of misinformation about the health of our digital commons and the democratic
institutions that rely on it.


Speakers:


Moderated by  <https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty/joan-donovan> Dr. Joan
Donovan, research director of the Shorenstein Center

 
<https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoop/reconciling-our-value
s/> Alison Macrina is an activist librarian and the director of Library
Freedom Project. Alison started LFP in 2015 to build community with other
librarians who are dedicated to library values of privacy, intellectual
freedom, social responsibility, and the public good. She works from a
justice orientation, rooted in a materialist analysis that recognizes the
systems responsible for oppression.

 <https://bookjockeyalex.com/bibliography/> Alex Brown is a queer Black
librarian, local historian, writer, and author of two books on the history
Napa County, California's marginalized communities. They have a BA with
honors in Anthropology and Sociology, a Master's of Library and Information
Science, and a Master's in US History. They are an Ignyte award winning and
Hugo award nominated writer and critic who covers speculative fiction and
young adult literature for Tor.com, Locus Magazine, NPR Books, and
elsewhere. They also write on topics such as queerness, Black history,
librarianship, and pop culture.

 <https://www.yorklibraries.org/about-us/staff/meet-robert-lambert/> Robert
Lambert is President of York County Libraries. York County Libraries is a
federated library system comprised of 13 libraries. More than 48% of York
County residents hold library cards and borrow more than 1.8 million items
each year. Robert began his career with the Martin Library in 1990 as a
Reference Librarian. Robert is also an accomplished Project Manager, leading
several important initiatives, including The York Housing Authority Project
which built a library and computer resource center for low-income housing
residents. He is CEO of LibrariesFeed, a nonprofit organization that
provides a social fundraising and engagement platform for public libraries
to fight child hunger. It blends crowdfunding with peer-to-peer fundraising
and integrates with social networking tools to make philanthropy more social
and interactive.

 <https://www.ischool.utexas.edu/people/people-details?PersonID=302> Amelia
Acker is an assistant professor at the University of Texas at Austin in the
School of Information, where she leads the Critical Data Studies Lab. Her
research on data archives and preservation has been funded by the National
Science Foundation and the Institute for Museum and Library Services.
Acker's current research focuses on cultures of mobile computing, emerging
digital preservation models from platforms, data literacy, social media data
for research, and metadata standards for exchange between private and public
archives. Previously, Acker worked as a librarian, an archivist, and a
mobile app developer. When she's home in Austin, you can find her biking,
bouldering, or swimming around town.

https://shorensteincenter.org/new-event/librarians-misinformation-curating-i
nformation-needs-communities/ 

 

Donna L Cohen, MLIS, MEd

Portland, Oregon

503-737-1425

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