A call to action for librarians: Countering conspiracy theories in the age of QAnon

S Beene, K Greer - The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2021 - Elsevier
Librarians empower learners to become discerning citizens through a set of diverse skills
and literacies. To cultivate critical thinkers, librarians continue to build innovative practices …

A pedagogy of care for information literacy and metaliteracy asynchronous online instruction

KS Greer - The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2023 - Elsevier
A pedagogy of care embraces elements of critical pedagogy, culturally responsive
pedagogy, trauma-informed pedagogy, and feminist pedagogy in order to create …

Information source and content: articulating two key concepts for information evaluation

I Vamanu, E Zak - Information and Learning Sciences, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose Learning how to identify and avoid inaccurate information, especially
disinformation, is essential for any informational consumer. Many information literacy tools …

Uniting the field: using the ACRL Visual Literacy Competency Standards to move beyond the definition problem of visual literacy

DS Thompson, S Beene - Journal of Visual Literacy, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Visual literacy has evolved alongside information literacy and media literacy, reflecting
social, technological, and cultural changes. Rapidly advancing technology, multimodal …

Librarian perspectives on misinformation: A follow-up and comparative study

L Saunders - College & Research Libraries, 2023 - crl.acrl.org
While academic librarians have been quick to respond to the crisis of misinformation through
information literacy instruction and tool development, little research exists on the extent to …

Library workers on the front lines of conspiracy theories in the US: one nationwide survey

S Beene, K Greer - Reference Services Review, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate whether and in what ways library
workers in the United States encountered patrons espousing beliefs in conspiracy theories …

When belief becomes research: conspiracist communities on the social web

K Greer, S Beene - Frontiers in Communication, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction This article explores two QAnon subgroups that were not active during the initial
phase of the movement but now epitomize how QAnon has capitalized on social media to …

Tools, tests, and checklists: The evolution and future of source evaluation frameworks

D Sye, DS Thompson - J. New Librarianship, 2023 - HeinOnline
In this article, we connect the scholarly conversations around established and emerging
source evaluation frameworks such as the ABCs of website evaluation, CRAAP Test, DIG …

Questioning CRAAP: A comparison of source evaluation methods with first-year undergraduate students

MS Lowe, KV Macy, E Murphy, J Kani - 2021 - scholarworks.iupui.edu
Librarians and instructors see college students struggle with evaluating information and
wonder how to best teach source evaluation in a one-time course integrated library research …

Guiding their thinking: A formative study of digital source evaluation

B Walsh‐Moorman, KE Pytash - Journal of Adolescent & Adult …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Using pre‐and post‐intervention data, this formative study explores instructional moves
designed to guide students' critical thinking as they engage in lateral reading and digital …