Education Commons^™

Growing And Maintaining Your Tech Collection: A Guide For Libraries Large And Small, Kyle Culpepper, Wilhelmina Randtke

Library Faculty Presentations

Are you curious about how to start, grow, or maintain a circulating technology collection in your library? Join our upcoming webinar as we discuss the library's dynamic role in providing essential equipment circulation services for diverse patron groups.

Discover:

✅ The array of A/V and computer equipment available.

✅ Borrowing and circulation policies.

✅ Support, training, and accessibility initiatives.

✅ Real success stories from the Valdosta State University and Georgia Southern University communities

✅ Exciting plans for the future!

Don't miss this opportunity to explore how the New Media Center at Valdosta State University and the libraries at Georgia Southern …

Critical Thinking In The Age Of Misinformation: Information Literacy For Citizenship, Tamra Ortgies-Young, Jennfer Lobo Meeks, Barbara Robertson

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

As recent political events across the globe have shed a light on the fragility of democratic values, the role of the University in creating a framework for civic education becomes more urgent. Informed, caring and engaged citizenry must be a goal of higher education. Students currently face the emergence of faulty types of information - such as misinformation and disinformation, which undermines the notion of collective or public inquiry, not only within universities, but also within society as a whole. This challenge must be acknowledged and addressed by academic institutions.

Session presenters will provide an overview of their work, “Critical …