The symposium brought together professionals from libraries, museums, and other allied fields to address the spread of misinformation and disinformation. Its goals were to inventory current approaches, integrate strategies across disciplines, and innovate new solutions to counter misinformation. Unlike "fake news," the terms "misinformation" and "disinformation" distinguish whether false information is shared accidentally or intentionally. The symposium found both common ground and differences among professions in tackling this issue. It focused on local, human-level problems over technical ones. Next steps discussed include publishing a white paper, continuing engagement across fields, student projects, and pursuing funding for collaborations.

1. Know News Panel: Engaging Across Allied
Professions to Counter Misinformation

2. Meet the panel
Anna Kassinger
Director of Curriculum,
Education Department
NewseumED
Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe
Professor/Coordinator for
Information Literacy
Services and Instruction
Laura Saunders
Associate Professor
Simmons University School of
Library and Information
Science
Ian Singer
General Manager
Credo Reference
Presenters:
Moderator:

3. Panel Questions

4. What led to the creation of the
symposium and what are its goals?
1
Inventory and Inform
2
Integrate and
Incorporate
3
Innovate and Initiate

5. Why is the terminology mis-and
disinformation used rather than
“fake news”?
Misinformation
Inaccurate
information
unknowingly
shared
Disinformation
False or
misleading
information
knowingly
shared
Fake News
A type of
disinformation

6. What commonalities and divergences
among the allied professions emerged
from the symposium?
This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services LG-98-17-0137-17

7. The symposium was focused
on more local and human
issues rather than technical
and universal issues - Why?

8. Have there been
discussions around how to
tackle the global reach of
social platforms that
dominate search and
sharing?

9. What are some ways
professionals can work
together to enhance
understanding of mis- and
disinformation?
Example

10. Newseum

11. Newseum

12. What are the next steps?

13. Next steps
•White paper
•Continued
engagement
•Student
projects
Collaborations
Seeking
funding

14. Thank you for joining in our
discussion!
Credo: @credoreference
Anna: @NewseumED, @annakassinger
https://newseumED.org
Laura Saunders: @bibliolaura
Lisa Hinchliffe: @lisalibrarian

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