On 7 October 2020 at 3pm UK time, 10.00am US Eastern time, there is a free webinar Enabling information ethics in a technologically saturated world. This was to have been the topic for the IFLA RIS Section session at the IFLA conference that was to have taken place in Dublin, Ireland, last month. The speakers are:
Peter Lor (South Africa), Johannes Britz (USA) and Bradley Wiles (USA). The Infodemic of our choosing: Truth, conspiracy theories and librarians in the COVID-19 Era. "Today's worldwide health crisis generates an amplified public discussion that is both politically contentious and rife with misinformation, creating many challenges for librarians. Our speaker discuss an ethical framework based on alethic rights (the right to truth)"
Matilde Fontanin (Italy). The connecting machine: Librarians' mission after the Fourth Revolution. "She looks at how ethical issues involved in information sharing affect its evaluation, fair use, privacy and openness."
To register go to https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WKKBpVRIQEqBxLoS60Fbrw
Photo by Sheila Webber: September berries, 2020
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