Episode 35 (November 2024): A Once in a Lifetime…Again and Again and Again

Beth Patin, Dave Lankes & Mike Eisenberg

Short Description

Natural and human-made crises, disasters, emergencies, and catastrophes. Beth leads us through an update on how we’ve progressed or declined in our collective ability to deal with crises, and how the library & information field can play an even more active and visible role in preparing for, during, and recovering from these disasters.

Description

Natural and human-made crises, disasters, emergencies, and catastrophes. Whatever the cause (climate change, poverty, disease, overpopulation, war), it’s undeniable that communities and individuals are continually facing daunting problems and challenges across the globe. In the first year of this podcast in Episode 11 (Nov 2021), we discussed how everyday people are just trying to survive, the roles and responsibilities of government and public service officials in dealing with crises, and of course, how library & information staff and institutions can provide essential services and resources.

 It’s 3 years later, and in the face of even more severe hurricanes, fires, wars, and more chaos globally, we again focus on this crucial topic. Three years ago, Beth Patin was our guest speaker. She was a leading “crisis informatics” expert due to her work after Hurricane Katrina and her PhD studies. Now, as a tri-host of this podcast, she leads us through an update on this topic–the current status, how we’ve progressed or declined in our collective ability to deal with crises, and how the library & information field can play an even more active and visible role in preparing for, during, and recovering from these disasters.

Description: Bonus Video Interview

This episode includes:

• Wazzup?
• AI Watch
• Main Topic
• Awesome Library Thingy

References & Resources

Wazzup?

American Cancer Society (2024, Oct) “Cycle the South Hope Ride,” https://secure.acsevents.org/site/STR?pg=entry&fr_id=108118 

HS Awareness (2024).HS Hides in the Shadows. https://www.hs-awareness.com/about-hs

AI Watch:

Appiah, K. A. (2024, Sept 27). Should you be allowed to profit from A.I.-generated art? The New York Times Magazine. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/27/magazine/ai-art-profit-ethics.html

Association of Library and Information Science Education (2024). The Ethics and Evolution of Truth and Information.  ALISE Conference Proceedings. https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/aliseacp/issue/view/125

Brittain, B. (Sept 26, 2024). Artist sues after US rejects copyright for AI-generated image. Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/artist-sues-after-us-rejects-copyright-ai-generated-image-2024-09-26/

InVideo AI. (2024). “Generate Al videos with just text,” Retrieved October 17, 2024, from https://invideo.io/make/ai-video-generator-web/ Woods, Anya. (2024, Sept 10) School of Information Studies to Launch New AI Graduate Program. School of Information Studies, Syracuse University  https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/09/10/school-of-information-studies-to-launch-new-ai-graduate-program/

Main Topic: {INSERT TOPIC HERE}

Federal Emergency Management Agency (US Government) (2024, Oct). Hurricane Rumor Response. FEMA. https://www.fema.gov/disaster/recover/rumor/hurricane-rumor-response

Florida Dept of State. Disaster Preparedness and Response. Division of Library and Information Services. Retrieved October 16, 2024, from https://dos.fl.gov/library-archives/library-development/programs/community/prepare/

Gulfport (Mississippi) Public Library (2024)Gulfport Public Libraryhttps://mygulfport.us/gpl/ 

Harari, Y. N. (2024). Nexus: A brief history of information networks from the Stone Age to AI (1st ed.). Random House.

Lexington (South Carolina) County Public Library (2024, Oct) Resources for Disaster Recovery  https://lexcolibrary.com/resources-for-disaster-recovery/ 

Morehart, P. (2024, October 11). “Libraries Respond to Communities Hit by Hurricanes,” Ilovelibraries, American Library Association. Retrieved October 14, 2024, from https://ilovelibraries.org/article/libraries-respond-to-communities-hit-by-hurricanes/

Poole, S. (2024, Sept 11). Nexus by Yuval Noah Harari review – end of days? The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/sep/11/nexus-by-yuval-noah-harari-review-the-ai-apocalypse

Ritchie, H., & Rosado, P. (2024, June 3). “Is the number of natural disasters increasing?” OurWorkinData.org. Retrieved October 16, 2024, from https://ourworldindata.org/disaster-database-limitations

Smith, Adam (2024, Jan 8). 2023: A historic year of U.S. billion-dollar weather and climate disasters https://www.climate.gov/news-features/blogs/beyond-data/2023-historic-year-us-billion-dollar-weather-and-climate-disasters

Sparks, Chloe (Oct 16, 2024). Addressing FEMA rumors, help center opening in Pinellas Countyhttps://www.wfla.com/news/pinellas-county/addressing-fema-rumors-help-center-opening-in-pinellas-county/

USA Facts Team (2024, Sept 6). Are major natural disasters increasing?  USA FACTS https://usafacts.org/articles/are-the-number-of-major-natural-disasters-increasing/

Youngman, Tyler and Patin, Beth. (2024, Oct 16) Fallacy as Foundation of Post-Truth Knowledge and Knowing in LIS. ALISE Conference Proceedings, https://doi.org/10.21900/j.alise.2024.1696

Awesome Library Thingy

(2024, October 16). “Girl Scouts of South Carolina-Mountains to Midlands names new Chief Executive Officer.” Melanie Huggins leaving Richland Library. Midlandsbiz. Retrieved October 17, 2024, from https://whosonthemove.com/girl-scouts-of-south-carolina-mountains-to-midlands-names-new-chief-executive-officer/

Rachel D. Williams, Catherine Dumas, Lydia Ogden, Joanna Flanagan, Lukasz Porwol. “Virtual reality training for crisis communication: Fostering empathy, confidence, and de-escalation skills in library and information science graduate students.” Library & Information Science Research, Volume 46, Issue 3, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lisr.2024.101311

US Government (2024). The Institute of Museum and Library Service’s Fiscal Year 2024 Appropriations Request to the United States Congress. Institute for Museum and Library Services. Retrieved October 10, 2024, from https://www.imls.gov/publications/2024-congressional-budget-justification

US Government (2024). The Institute of Museum and Library Services. Retrieved October 10, 2024, from https://www.imls.gov/

Filed under: Dr. Beth Patin, Dr. Dave Lankes, Dr. Mike Eisenberg, Season 5