Fake news refers to content that is intentionally fake but that looks and feels like real news. The term has been used politically to discredit specific news articles, stories, or publishers. This is an in-progress ...

Movies appeal to people globally and can be used as a very valuable intellectual exercise in understanding the diverse workplace settings, stimulating curiosity towards other cultures, and learning the nuances of leading ...

This paper presentation highlights how truly international is library and information science (LIS) education in the United States and Canada based on content mapping of “global” intersections in the LIS curriculum. The ...

The Appalachian Oral History Project (AOHP) was begun in 1973 and developed through a consortium involving Emory & Henry College, Appalachian State University, Alice Lloyd College, and Lees Junior College. Emory & Henry ...

The strong interest in Data Science (DS) has led to the creation of a number of graduate and undergraduate programs within different academic disciplines. As academic institutions rushed to create such programs in an attempt ...

Significant changes in LIS education in the last 2 decades have resulted from varied impacts and drivers. Bronstein speaks to an “information paradigm shift” towards more user-centered approaches in information delivery, ...

This paper reports the results of a needs assessment survey on research data management (RDM) services in libraries. Over 240 practicing librarians responded to the survey and outlined their roles and levels of preparedness ...

Intelligent Personal Assistants (IPAs) (including smart speakers like Alexa/Siri) are rapidly proliferating and are now available globally in ~80 countries. Library and Information Science (LIS) literature is only beginning ...

The importance of cultural competence in library practice has been noted by Montague (2013) and Overall (2009). Means of achieving such competence can be partially met by course content; however, research indicates that ...

When students begin a new class, they are often given a list of guidelines outlining how the classroom environment should look and how the students (and sometimes the instructors) should behave. These lists impose the ...