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• Covid-19 infodemic disruption: Building resilient communities through enhanced information literacy education 

  Singh, Rajesh; Widén, Gunilla; Karim, Muhaimin (2021-09-20)

  The Covid-19 pandemic has had a worldwide impact on the population, global economy, and educational institutions. Furthermore, it has spurred the development of an infodemic, a phenomenon in which staggering amounts of ...

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• Staying afloat, staying connected: Comparing small and rural public libraries’ Facebook use during Covid-19 

  Rubenstein, Ellen L.; D'Arpa, Christine; Burke, Susan K.; Lenstra, Noah; Rose, Abigail; Schneider, Ginny; Floyd, Rebecca (2021-09-20)

  This paper documents and compares how small and rural public libraries in four U.S. states (MI, NC, OK, VT) utilized the social media platform Facebook to disseminate information and to stay connected with their communities ...

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• B.C. (before Covid): How libraries build community resilience throughout disasters through roles and services 

  Patin, Beth (2021-09-20)

  Both policy and research point to the critical roles information and communication play in community resilience. Empirical and anecdotal evidence show the vital roles that public libraries play during disasters. However, ...

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• Student perspectives of LIS education in an aging society: Initial findings 

  Winberry, Joseph (2021-09-20)

  The March 2020 declaration of Covid-19 as a global public health pandemic and the subsequent events laid bare the vulnerabilities that older adults (i.e., people 65 years and older) often experience. This conference paper ...

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• Exploring language archiving education for information professionals and interdisciplinary collaboration to support information access 

  Zavalina, Oksana; Chelliah, Shobhana (2021-09-20)

  In the past two decades, federal agencies such as National Science Foundation and Institute for Museum and Library Services have extensively supported efforts aimed at preserving and providing online access to unique and ...

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