Information Literacy

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Dumpster Diving for Information: Weeding through AI Trash in Search Engines

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Title and link: Dumpster Diving for Information: Weeding through AI Trash in Search Engines

Video Host: YouTube

Presenter: Laura Watson and Atticus Garrison

Presenting Institution: Highland Community College, Black Hawk College

Date Presented: 2025-03-11

Description: With AI-generated content flooding search results, AI overviews reshaping what we see, and library discovery tools integrating AI in new ways, navigating search is more challenging and frustrating than ever. This session will explore how AI is reshaping search engine results, discuss strategies for filtering through the noise to find reliable information, and examine the growing presence of AI-driven tools in library databases and catalogs. Attendees will leave with practical strategies to help themselves and their patrons adapt to this evolving information environment.

Civic engagement in the library: tools for teaching students to how to evaluate election information and disinformation

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Title and link: Civic engagement in the library: tools for teaching students to how to evaluate election information and disinformation

Video Host: YouTube

Presenter: Katie Ediger, Andy Cougill, and Jason Ertz

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Date Presented: 2024-10-08

Description: Join us for a webinar discussing different lesson plans, display ideas, and other tools and pedagogies concerning disinformation and the Nov elections. We will discuss this for part of the webinar and will open the floor for participants to provide and discuss their own ideas and tools for civic engagement in the Library. As we collect ideas from other NILRC librarians in the webinar, we will develop a resource list to distribute throughout NILRC community.

Misinformation Disinformation

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Title and link: Misinformation Disinformation

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Presenter: Amy Glass

Presenting Institution: Prairie State College

Date Presented: 2023-02-07

Description: This webinar focuses on the critical need for media literacy to combat the spread of misinformation. The presenters, an academic librarian and a dental hygiene professor from Prairie State College, highlight the evolving nature of information consumption and the practical steps individuals can take to verify sources.