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  1. 🆕 New to university research databases? It can feel overwhelming.

    Open Access Helper works alongside your library's resources, surfacing free legal versions of articles whenever they exist.

    Start here: oahelper.org
    #NewStudents #InfoLiteracy

  2. Letzte Woche fand die internationale "European Conference on Information Literacy" (ECIL) in Bamberg statt. Mit dabei waren auch Sabine Rauchmann und Nicolas Kusser von der gemeinsamen Kommission „Informationskompetenz“ von @bibverband und @VDB_Vorstand. In ihrem Vortrag beleuchteten sie die Aktivitäten zur Förderung von Informationskompetenz in Deutschland.

    Mehr Infos zur Konferenz: ecil2025.ilconf.org/

    #Informationskompetenz #InfoLiteracy #Bibliotheken #Bibliotheksverband

  3. Mike Caulfield (misinformation expert and creator of the SIFT method) is speaking at Virginia Commonwealth University on October 15, 7 - 9 p.m. EST.

    VCU Libraries’ 2024 Social Justice Lecture. The topic is “Rumors of Theft: Navigating Election Integrity Discourse Online."
    #infoliteracy #libraries #misinformation
    Register to attend or get Zoom link:
    support.vcu.edu/event/SocialJu

  4. 2024 is the biggest election year in human history, as people in at least 64 countries head to the polls ‼️

    It has never been more important to create more space between what we read and how we react. Let's breathe deeply and endeavor to shed light, not heat, so that we can make well informed decisions all around the globe.

    Here is a great resource that we can share with our friends and family: clemson.libguides.com/voting/m

    #MediaLiteracy #InfoLiteracy #Elections #Education

  5. If I ever thought that as an educator my most frequently used academic sentence would be "Google is not a source"....

    #teaching #infoliteracy

  6. An #introduction … I'm Michael Grass, a journalist turned research communicator living in #Seattle after many years in #DC, where I helped launch and edit news sites (including DCist back in 2004). These days, I'm an assistant director at the Univ. of Washington's Center for an Informed Public, overseeing #communications and supporting a great team of researchers (including @katestarbird) who study #misinformation, #disinformation, #SocialMedia, #InfoLiteracy, #MediaLiteracy and #TechPolicy.