I’ve written about AI’s effects on libraries and librarians more broadly, and today I’ll share some thoughts about how AI is affecting library instruction and approaches to information literacy. There there are a lot of credible fears about AI’s propensity to mislead, but I think there are also opportunities to refresh conversations about authority, search […]
Evaluating Sources
How AI Will Affect Web Search, Content Quality, and Authority
I recently wrote an article about the effects of ChatGPT on libraries and librarians and I wanted to expand on some of the points relating to information seeking and web search. We are truly at a watershed moment for information literacy that has the potential to be just as revolutionary as when Google first blazed […]
Tips for Finding Credible Web Sources (Video)
With my work at the Sinclair library still completely remote and the campus still shuttered, I’ve been working on more videos to share with faculty and students. I just published one that builds on my first video on the theme of avoiding fake news. In this new video, I dig a little deeper into how […]
When “Fake News” Instruction Fails: How to Better Teach Misinformation
Fake news has been a buzzword for a while now, but when it comes to actually combating the associated culture of misinformation, the phrase doesn’t prove very useful. After all, it’s easy to label anything you don’t agree with as “fake,” and a dichotomy of “fake” versus “true” ignores the complexities that make this such […]
Media Literacy and Recognizing Fake News (Video)
Due to Ohio’s stay at home order, Sinclair has been shut down for multiple weeks and all instruction has moved online for the rest of the Spring semester. This has put us librarians in an interesting position as we are now working from home and trying to support students (as well as faculty and staff) […]
Blacklisting Wikipedia and Google as a Credible Source?
In my work as an academic librarian, one thing I frequently teach is how to identify a trustworthy source. For research purposes, Google and Wikipedia have their limitations but they are almost always the first step for students. Because of this, one strategy is to take aggressive steps to prevent students from using them. I […]