Episode 14 (Jan 2022): Info Literacy – Now More Than Ever

Beth Patin, Dave Lankes, & Mike Eisenberg

Description

Information literacy relates to every aspect of human existence – individually or in communities. Almost all human activities and endeavors are information-based, especially in our turbocharged, networked, overloaded info world. In this episode, we explore a range of info literacy issues including information skills, relevance, credibility, mis- and dis-information, bias, technology, media, and equity.

References & Resources

Wazzup?

About Dr. Rachel Clarke’s True Value Project: https://ischool.syr.edu/uncovering-invisible-labor-with-the-true-value-project/

True Value Calculator (How much is your library trip worth?) : https://truevalue.ischool.syr.edu/calculator/

Main Topic: A New Normal in Education and Human Services?

Maheshwari, Puneet (Sept 2, 2020). “Our New Normal: The Rise In Telemedicine Adoption And Its Role After The Pandemic, Forbes Technology Council, Forbes.com, https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2020/09/02/our-new-normal-the-rise-in-telemedicine-adoption-and-its-role-after-the-pandemic/?sh=1daba1ef32c0

Ewen, Lara (May 3, 2021). “Healthy Distance, Telemedicine brings house calls to local libraries,” American Libraries. p. 14. online: https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2021/05/03/healthy-distance-libraries-telemedicine/

Green, Lucy Santos (2021), ED.D. Professor, University of South Carolina, College of Information & Communications. Made the point to Dave, ‘There’s a big difference between teaching online and emergency teaching online because of a pandemic!’ https://sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/cic/faculty-staff/green_lucy.php

Grillo, Emma (Sep 16, 2019). “Baking Isn’t Hard When You’ve Got a Library Card,” Eater.com online website https://www.eater.com/2019/9/16/20861011/public-library-cake-pans-on-loan-baking

Jones, Misty and Burns, Sarah (Oct 12, 2021). “Opinion: San Diego public libraries are a great resource for remote workers,” San Diego Union Tribune, https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/commentary/story/2021-10-12/opinion-misty-jones-sarah-burns-library-work-from-home-resources

Patin, Beth (October 7, 2021). “The Ethics of Epistemic Justice: Addressing Epistemicide through Social Justice in LIS,” The Sister Thea Bowman Lecture Series on Social Justice in Library and Information Science, Department of Library and Information Science, The Catholic University of America. https://lis.catholic.edu/news-events/social-justice-lecture.html

video: https://youtu.be/0DBcm5K1In8

Ravenscroft, Tom (2 July 2020). “Atelier Oslo and Lundhagem unveil Oslo’s “huge but intimate” central library,” dezeen, https://www.dezeen.com/2020/07/02/deichman-bjorvika-library-atelier-oslo-lundhagem/

Sausser, Lauren (March 15, 2021), “Libraries Have Become Hybrid Health Care Hubs Amid Pandemic.” Associated Press, US News & World Report. https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/south-carolina/articles/2021-03-15/libraries-have-become-hybrid-health-care-hubs-amid-pandemic

Institute for Museum and Library Services, US Government Independent Agency (2021) https://www.imls.gov/

Awesome Library Thingy

“iSchool Faculty Receive [3] Prestigious Institute for Museum and Library Services Grants,” (Aug 13, 2021). https://ischool.syr.edu/ischool-faculty-receive-prestigious-institute-for-museum-and-library-services-grants/

Library, University of Texas, Austin (2021). “OER at UT Austin,” https://guides.lib.utexas.edu/OER/utoer

Introduction to OER at UT Austin. video https://youtu.be/Fw5mpPma2Nk

WebJunction (October 25, 2021) “Host a New Virtual Misinformation Escape Room at Your Library,” WebJunction News. https://www.webjunction.org/news/webjunction/host-escape-room.html

Technology & Social Change Group, TASCHA (2021) “Misinformation Escape Room,” TASCHA, Information School, University of Washington https://tascha.uw.edu/projects/misinformation-escape-room

Filed under: Dr. Beth Patin, Dr. Dave Lankes, Dr. Mike Eisenberg, Season 2