Are you trapped in a social media echo chamber? Don’t let yourself become a passive consumer of information in a world where informed discourse is intertwined with ‘hot takes’ from Facebook, Twitter, and other user-driven social media. Learn how to critically consume and challenge social media misinformation and disinformation. Register for the Workshop Learn… Keep reading
Can you critically evaluate news and media sources for fact-based data that is free from ideology? Learn strategies and tools for identifying inevitable bias (including our own) and practice analyzing information resources for evidence-based problem solving and informed discourse. Register for the Workshop Learn about the Research Productivity Workshops
Are your online activities being tracked? Privacy is essential for our freedom to generate new ideas and formulate our conception of self. Surveillance can influence our behaviors with manipulation and deception and stop us from engaging with new, radical, or even subversive ideas. Discover how your online activity can be surveilled and learn tools and… Keep reading
Wellness Beyond Measure: Privacy Dimensions of Digital Wellness Thursday, March 25th 4:00-5:30PM CST (via Zoom) Register in advance for this meeting: Personal technology use can significantly impact wellness – both positively and negatively. Join privacy scholars and Penn State Berks librarians, Sarah Hartman-Caverly and Alexandria Chisholm, to explore the intersection of technology, privacy, and wellness…. Keep reading
Why does the Census matter? Find out how Census data is used, its historical background and politics, how the pandemic has affected the Census process, and library resources to help you with demographic research and data. Register for the Workshop Learn about the Research Productivity Workshops
How can you defend yourself against manipulation by fabricated media? ‘Deepfakes’ are synthetic images, videos, and audio that can undermine our ability to detect deception. Discover the machine learning technologies behind deepfakes and the legal, social, and technical tools being used to combat them. Register for the Workshop Learn about the Digital Literacies… Keep reading
Twitter’s API is now available to academic researchers with defined research projects at no cost. Why is this important? Until recently, academic researchers interested in utilizing Twitter data in their work needed to pay a premium to use Twitter’s API in order to access Twitter’s full archive of public conversations on the app. Due to… Keep reading
Python Series These lessons allow learners to develop programming skills as part of a group of learners working through the curriculum together, or on their own and at their own pace. They are designed to get you started using Python in Jupyter notebooks and teach the basics of the Python language. Thursdays from 1-2 PM,… Keep reading
It’s no secret that the Libraries provide access to A LOT of research sources, but how do you know the right ones to use or the best way to use them? Consider attending one of our Research Productivity Workshops every Tuesday in March at 2:10 p.m. Led by librarians, these workshops offer concise, engaging, and… Keep reading
Are the statistics and graphics in a news story fact-based and free from ideology and bias? Media sources use statistics and visualizations to support claims, but these elements can be abused to mislead the reader. Learn how statistics and graphics can be misrepresented and how you can detect deception with critical examination. Register for the… Keep reading