I watched ZPG when I was a kid in the 1970s, and the scene in the “library” has stayed with me. Indeed, I became a #Librarian. (A seed planted?).

Not a great movie, but, in today’s context, the library scene is worth watching. Decades ago I showed it at a conference, trying to make the point that information literacy counts for nothing if the state controls knowledge.

https://youtu.be/r5zybsYduzM?si=5DcUrnm4tD8e2341

#ZPG #InformationLiteracy

Last week I presented about some experience teaching how to use or apply licences (1st Canadian Conference on Open Science and Open Scholarship), which I see as information literacy. I wrote up what I talked about, using the ACRL info lit framework, on my blog here https://chroknowlogy.ca/education-learning/2025/open-licence-literacy-given-to-know-give-to-grow-presentation/

#OpenScience #OpenScholarship #InformationLiteracy

Interesting. "AI Slop" was a new term for me. This explained it.

"What is AI slop? A technologist explains this new and largely unwelcome form of online content"

https://theconversation.com/what-is-ai-slop-a-technologist-explains-this-new-and-largely-unwelcome-form-of-online-content-256554

#AiSlop #InformationLiteracy

I'm a university librarian and I frequently teach students how to do research and how to evaluate the sources that they find.

I was looking for a primary source that talks about youth mental health and I found this article posted by the CDC.

https://www.cdc.gov/healthy-youth/mental-health/mental-health-numbers.html

We normally rely on the CDC and other government agencies as authoritative and reliable sources. And now this banner is at the top of many CDC webpages.

So now we have to discuss the politics behind this notice and how the source is still reliable.

#CDC #politics #health #InformationLiteracy #research

#scholarlykitchen #informationliteracy #AI

"The latest episode from Dr. Jenna Hartel (University of Toronto) spotlights an award-winning paper on exactly that. The author, Dr. Olof Sundin asks: “What happens when AI-infused information systems increasingly provide answers rather than directing people to sources?” In particular, what happens to our fundamental ability to discern the authority and accuracy of information, a cornerstone of information literacy?"

https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/08/15/infideo-friday-how-ai-is-changing-our-search-experiences/?informz=1&nbd=f734f69f-a43f-4a52-86a7-33b5b057daf8&nbd_source=informz