LIBR 101     Information Science and Society  (2)

This course delves into the foundations of information science and its cultural, social, and political connections to our society. Participants will understand and reflect on information cycles, types of information sources, how we evaluate and consider sources of information for inclusion in research, personal beliefs, and our understanding of our society. Students will reflect on information behaviors, build foundational research skills, and create a project that addresses an information need or barrier on campus, use academic research to contextualize, and then propose a potential solution. Additional topics include academic scholarship and publishing, artificial intelligence and algorithms, data privacy, and more.