Libaries in Response
Session 137: Librarians and Misinformation:
Curating Community Information Needs
Speaker: Alison Macrina
Director of Library Freedom Project
Activist librarian
"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.
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." -- Shorenstein Center, Havard
Join as we review a recent TASC panel discussion about this important topic!
"It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive." - James Baldwin
"Allison, how do you see big tech attempting to shape the global ICT environment with AI?"
-- LIR"Completely and to the detriment of literally all other things." --
Alison Macrina
Tune in to hear Alison explain this Thursday!"
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