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There is something brutal about the title of a recent Spectator article: “We pretend to teach, they pretend to learn”. The article describes the author’s experience teaching Chinese master’s students in a UK university, particularly students with limited English, low classroom participation and little apparent interest in engaging with the course beyond getting the degree. It is deliberately provocative, occasionally crude and very easy to dismiss as yet another piece of anti-Chinese-student polemic. But dismissing it entirely would be too comfortable.

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August 28, 2026 Kaetrena Davis Kendrick

Getting to the Heart & Healing of Harm: Creating CoREs for Library Workers

Studies on library worker burnout have experienced a resurgence – and with good reason. Unchecked public health emergencies, increases in intellectual freedom challenges and legislation, and general values abandonment within our broader cultural landscape have caused deep shifts in how library workers meet community needs. As they do so, library workers also contend with industrial narratives that tout service at all costs, even while facing workplace dysfunction and harm. These impacts have long-standing mental health and somatic impacts that interrupt library workers’ mental health, well-being, and career outlook and practice.

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August 28, 2026 Owen Monroe

Sports Blackouts in the Streaming Era

Technological change has played an important role in the history of professional sports, including around player’s rights, broadcasting, and fan access. This article draws on digital humanities, information policy, and everyday information behavior scholarship to shine a light on how these patterns have led to consolidation of power and money by leagues and team owners, yet streaming offers interesting opportunities for player autonomy and choice, as well as fans more power and choice in accessing game broadcasts.

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August 24, 2026 Azeez Adeoye

What You Gain By Not Attending Professional Association Conferences

What You Gain By Not Attending Professional Association Conferences By Azeez ADEOYE, Ph.D, CLN, MNLA, MLSA, The Wizard Librarian Sometimes,

The words Information Literacy and a dark pink string that leads to the word Future

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August 13, 2026 Sheila Webber

Information Literacy: A Discipline for the Future

This special issue of Information Matters explores how the discipline of Information Literacy (IL) can develop: in the future, and for the future. The argument that IL is a subject of research and practice in its own right has been gaining ground, in particular with the formation in 2021 of the international collaboration, ILIAD (Information Literacy is a Discipline).

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July 14, 2026 Cait Brady

What I Learned as a Graduate Assistant for the Journal for the Association of Information Science and Technology

I never expected my journalism degree would lead me to a job as a Graduate Assistant/ Intern at the Journal for the Association of Information and Technology (JASIST). Now, three years and a master’s degree in library and information science later, I’m writing about what I learned – and still wondering about — as my time at JASIST comes to a close.

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July 3, 2026 Janice Roman-Tamesis

Public Knowledge Is Made: Information Production in a Networked Society

Public knowledge is not simply found; it is produced, filtered, circulated, and contested across institutions, platforms, algorithms, and everyday acts of participation. Bringing together contributions on journalism, education, marketing, archives, health communication, cultural representation, and artificial intelligence, this special issue examines how information gains visibility, credibility, meaning, and public consequence in a networked society.

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June 30, 2026 Julius Andre Cera

People You May Know: How Your Favorite Content Creators Become Part of Your Purchasing Decisions

In today’s digital environment, social media has become highly accessible. With smartphones, users can connect to online platforms within seconds anywhere and anytime. As the digital era continues to grow, it has significantly changed how people consume media and entertainment. Traditional channels such as television, radio, and newspapers are now often replaced or supported by social media platforms, where audiences can directly follow influencers, celebrities, and brands. From an Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC) student, this rapid change allows businesses to connect with consumers more directly and strategically.