Purdue University's Institute for Information Literacy has organised a webinar, Evidence-based Mindsets in an Era of Information Confusion: An Information Literacy Approach on 12 September 2025 at 13.00 US Central time (which is 19.00 in the UK, BST). The speaker is Professor William Badke. Thi is part of the Institute's Information and Democracy: Education, Access, Libraries, and Society (ID:EALS) series.
"One of the most significant crises in today’s world is information confusion, the inability of many people, including our students, to determine what information is trustworthy and what is not. This has led to wild conspiracy theories, information silos, a distrust of scholarship, and a general sense that we have lost our moorings and no longer can see the shore.
"Professor Badke's work with information authority and his interactions with students in 40 years of information literacy credit courses has given him an understanding of the issues and a possible path forward. While he does not claim to have unassailable answers, Professor Badke’s talk will provide some direction to attendees that takes us away from facile answers like “Use a checklist” or “Only access scholarly sources" in order to address the challenges we face in today’s information environment."
Registration at https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/Gj9V4ifiT7OPHEGimAcwfQ#/registration
More about the Institute and the ID:EALS series: https://lib.purdue.edu/IILP
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