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2/23/2017 Fake News: A Library Resource Round-Up | Programming Librarian http://www.programminglibrarian.org/articles/fake-news-library-round 1/3 A website of the American Library Association Public Programs OÕce Browse Ideas More News: Fake News: A Library Resource Round-Up February 23, 2017 By ALA Public Programs OÕce As librarians everywhere will attest, fake news is not new; fabricated stories have been presented as truth for centuries. But take a divided electorate and add a social media landscape where misinformation is shared with a click, and interest in the topic has soared. Learning to decipher fact from Òction is a key skill for all news consumers, and libraries across the country are stepping up to help patrons gain the information literacy skills they need. With that in mind, Programming Librarian has compiled the following round-up of resources* to help libraries deliver their best programming about fake news. Do you have other go-to resources that are not listed below? Please share them in the comments or email us at ؛

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2/23/2017 Fake News: A Library Resource Round-Up | Programming Librarian

http://www.programminglibrarian.org/articles/fake-news-library-round 1/3

A website of the American

Library Association Public

Programs O�ce

Browse Ideas More

News:Fake News: A LibraryResource Round-UpFebruary 23, 2017

By ALA Public Programs O�ce

As librarians everywhere will attest, fake news is

not new; fabricated stories have been presented as

truth for centuries. But take a divided electorate

and add a social media landscape where

misinformation is shared with a click, and interest

in the topic has soared.

Learning to decipher fact from �ction is a key skill for all news

consumers, and libraries across the country are stepping up to help

patrons gain the information literacy skills they need. With that in

mind, Programming Librarian has compiled the following round-up of

resources* to help libraries deliver their best programming about fake

news.

Do you have

other go-to

resources that

are not listed

below? Please

share them in the

comments or

email us at

2/23/2017 Fake News: A Library Resource Round-Up | Programming Librarian

http://www.programminglibrarian.org/articles/fake-news-library-round 2/3

[email protected]

Webinars

“Post-Truth: Fake News and a New Era of InformationLiteracy,” Programming Librarian, Feb. 22, 2017

“Don’t Get Faked Out by the News,” American Association ofSchool Librarians, Feb. 23, 2017; available for free viewing to alluntil March 2, 2017; available to AASL members and eCOLLABsubscribers thereafter

“Fake News Workshop,” University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, School of information Sciences, Feb. 1, 2017; select"Slides/Audio"

LibGuides and resources

"Is It True? Try These Fact-Checking Websites andResources," Arlington Heights (Ill.) Memorial Library

"Fake News: How to Spot It," Enoch Pratt Free Library,Baltimore, Md.

"Fake News," Indiana University East Campus Library

"Truth, Lies and Quibblers: Media Literacy for a New Era,"Oakland (Calif.) Public Library

"'Fake' News," Penn State University Libraries

"Real News/Fake News: About Fake News," University ofCalifornia Berkeley Library

"Evaluating Information: Fake News," University ofWashington Libraries

News

"Librarians Take up Arms against Fake News," SeattleTimes, Feb. 6, 2017

Libraries across the country are helpingtheir patrons and students sharpentheir news­discernment skills. Brush upon available resources to explore howyour library can get involved.

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RELATED LINKS

Facing a Divided Nation, ALA O�ers Free Training for Libraries

Post-Truth: Fake News and a New Era of Information Literacy

"5 Ways Teachers Are Fighting Fake News," NPR, Feb. 16,2017

"Evaluating Sources in a ‘Post-Truth’ World: Ideas forteaching and Learning about Fake News," New York Times, Jan.19, 2017

"U-M Library Battles Fake News with New Class," Universityof Michigan News, Feb. 16, 2017

"Don’t Get Faked by the News (Blog)," American Associationfor School Librarians, Feb. 23, 2017

Further reading

"Unspun: Finding Facts in a World of Disinformation" byKathleen Hall Jamiesome and Brooks Jackson

"Blur: How to Know What's True in the Age of InformationOverload" by Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel

"A Field Guide to Lies: Critical Thinking in the InformationAge" by Daniel J. Levitin

*Thanks to Nicole A. Cooke of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign iSchool for providing several of these resources. Check outDr. Cooke's Programming Librarian webinar, "Post-Truth: Fake Newsand a New Era of Information Literacy." 

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