Minnesota Library Professional Development Network

We are excited to announce the launch of a year-long campaign to support libraries as they grapple with today’s fractured and challenging media landscape.

Campaign Goals

This campaign will help Minnesota library staff:

Understand how people navigate the media and information landscape, and how forces within that landscape influence their navigation.
Learn how to build reflection and intentionality into their information consumption.
Gain strategies for working with their communities on intentional approaches to information consumption.

Campaign Description

Campaign partners will help organize and lead a series of online webinars and conversations, and gather existing tools and resources for sharing. The campaign will include:

Invited speakers external to the library community on topics such as misinformation, filter bubbles, radicalism, and media literacy.
An open invitation for speakers from within the Minnesota library community on best practices in information literacy instruction and programming.
An on-demand collection of resources for libraries.

Events

Upcoming Events
Critical Thinking and Evaluating Information – Lisa Hinz
May 5, 2021 – 1:00-2:00 PM
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Using News Literacy to Make Sense of the Current Media Landscape – Michael A. Spikes
May 25, 2021 – 2:00-3:00 PM
Register Here

Past Events
Deepfakes and the Misinformation Landscape – John Mack Freeman
April 13, 2021 – 1:00-2:00 PM
Recording
Discussion Questions

Navigating a World Full of Propaganda – Renee Hobbs
March 23, 2021 – 1:00-2:00 PM
Recording
Slides and More – Media Education Lab
Discussion Questions

Call for Proposals

We are looking for Minnesota librarians and educators to share their expertise, best practices, and programming ideas related to information and media literacy. If you are interested in offering a presentation as part of this campaign, please let us know!

Resources