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Tuesday, October 15, 2019
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Supply and Demand: The Economy of Disinformation
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by Dave Shumaker
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Ever since the 2016 presidential election, American librarians have been focusing on combating misinformation and disinformation as never before. So have computer scientists, journalists, entrepreneurs, and all sorts of professional policy analysts. And while librarians have concentrated primarily on the "demand side" of the problem (educating students and citizens to become more discerning consumers and less susceptible to being misled), others are taking very different approaches. In many cases, they're working on the "supply side" (labeling trustworthy content and choking off the spread of falsehoods).
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Philadelphia Libraries May Go Fine-Free
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Becca Glasser-Baker writes the following for Metro: "The Free Library of Philadelphia and City Council are planning on exploring the option of getting rid of late fees."
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Howard University and Amazon Studios Bring Students to Hollywood
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Howard University partnered with Amazon Studios to launch Howard Entertainment. This 2-semester program, held in Los Angeles, aims to "diversify the entertainment industry by creating a pipeline for African-American students and other marginalized populations to train and study alongside entertainment executives."
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A New Adam Matthew Digital Collection Explores the History of Food and Drink
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Adam Matthew Digital rolled out Food and Drink in History, a new digital collection that covers the "evolution of food and drink within every day and domestic life, charting key issues around agriculture and food production. ..."
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Iraqi Students Translate Internet Content Into Arabic
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Olivia Cuthbert writes the following for The Guardian: "When [the] Islamic State [group] overran the Iraqi city of Mosul, human life was not the only thing in peril. Knowledge was, too. Fortunately, Ameen al-Jaleeli understood this. He used a friend's wifi to transfer a vast batch of Wikipedia files for offline usage. When the militants cut the cables in July 2016, he was ready."
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Library of Congress Publishes the Digital Collections Management Compendium
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Jesse Johnston writes for the Library of Congress' blog, The Signal, that "the Digital Content Management section [staffers] have been working with experts from across many divisions of the Library of Congress to collate and assemble guidance and policy that guide or reflect the practices that the Library uses to manage digital collections."
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Recent Pew Research Center Reports
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by Brandi Scardilli
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NewsBreaks often covers the latest surveys and reports from Pew Research Center, "a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world." Here are some of the latest reports from each of the eight topic sections.
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