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Libraries and Non-Traditional Information Seekers: Integrating Cultural Competencies into Literacy Education

Working with information seekers from nontraditional populations is a challenge for many public service librarians. In this webinar, we will discuss how to turn these challenges into opportunities…

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The Google Effect: How Search Engines, YouTube, and Other Sites Promote Misinformation

This webinar will introduce recent scholarship that explores how search engines' and social media's algorithms can lead to very different search results for different people and how this…

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Emily Vardell - Health Insurance Literacy in Libraries

Today many adults have difficulty knowing how to find a physician, fill a prescription, use and pay for medications, and use health information to make informed decisions about their health.…

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Knowledge is Health: The Intersection between Health Information and Health Literacy

The provision of health information is an important goal for most librarians wanting to insure their users become health literate. Librarians have a long history of delivering health information…

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Elizabeth Hoffman Webinar - Getting Started with 1000 Books Before Kindergarten - 01/22/2020

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