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Clarence Maybee

Information Literacy and the Shaping of Reality

Is information literacy (IL) capable of enabling people to effectively use information in the age of AI? The advent of artificial intelligence (AI) into the mainstream has been even more disruptive than previous technological advancements, such as the World Wide Web or social media, and in some ways has fostered much disorder and uncertainty within the world of information. While new IL models and tools are being developed to address AI, they have tended to treat AI-generated information similarly to how earlier IL models provided checks and balances for considering human-created information sources and tools. Continuing to enable effective use of information, IL needs to keep pace with evolving ideas of AI-generated information and its effects on the human beings that interact with it.

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Noah Azehaf

The Numeracy Gap in Information Sciences

Because I studied statistics for my undergraduate degree, I have for years maintained a strong interest in the topic of statistical literacy. This is not just because I think it is important for people in general to be able to make sense of numbers and data, which is of course true, but also because I believe the information professions increasingly demand some degree of proficiency in this area. Information sciences as a field diverged a while ago from pure librarian work, and graduate degree holders in LIS now go on to pursue a host of professions, many of them concerned directly with data. That does not mean that MLIS/MSIS programs need to turn into data analyst or data scientist training programs, but it does mean that these programs should adjust their curricula to account for the growing relevance of data work in the information professions.

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Mishia Anjeline Angeles

From For You Page to Public Knowledge: How TikTok Shapes Student News

TikTok started as a place for fun videos, but for many students it has become a source of news. On the For You Page, a breaking headline can appear right after a dance trend, showing how algorithms now decide what we see. This makes news quick and easy to access, but it also blurs the line between fact and opinion. For Filipino youth, TikTok is more than entertainment: it’s shaping how our generation learns about the world.

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A black keyboard at the bottom of the picture has an open book on it, with red words in labels floating on top, with a letter A balanced on top of them. The perspective makes the composition form a kind of triangle from the keyboard to the capital A. The AI filter makes it look like a messy, with a kind of cartoon style.
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Alberto Garcia

Finding the Familiar in the Age of AI

Why do we automatically respond to new technologies by wanting to create more? The Mexican writer Juan Villoro observes that our relationship with technology has evolved into one of dependence in which failure is defined by “the fear of missing out”. This is the fear that pushes us towards production fed by our tendency towards addition and complexity, a phenomenon well documented. When solving problems, we tend to add rather than subtract. Faced with the challenge that generative AI presents to learning and research in higher education, the same instinct has shaped our response.

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Sana

College Students as Key Learners in Information Literacy Programmes for Combating Misinformation and Disinformation

Have you ever used strategies while searching for a specific problem? Well, most youngsters do not even bother whether they are consuming actual information on the internet or not, because they only care about synthesized information to fulfill their needs. The major issue in developing nations like Pakistan is that we, as students, face the risk of believing all the information we find on Google or social media is accurate. When it comes to information literacy, people who consume content on social media and in their daily lives don’t bother about the authentication of the news they consume. So, the question is what will happen when students get literacy instructions at college and early university life in all disciplines?

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Leili Seifi

Rural Women Hold Some of Iran’s Most Valuable Knowledge. Can Information Literacy Help Them Keep It?

When people hear the term information literacy, they often think about searching online, spotting misinformation, or evaluating websites. These skills matter. Yet recent thinking in Information Literacy suggests that IL is also about understanding how knowledge is created, valued, shared, and sustained within communities. Information literacy is not only about finding information. It is also about recognizing valuable knowledge, preserving it, sharing it responsibly, and ensuring that it survives for future generations. In Iran, one of the most important priorities for the future of IL may be helping rural women preserve the indigenous knowledge they already possess and pass on to future generations.

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Dijana Šobota

In Pursuit of Social Justice: Reclaiming Information Literacy as a Transformative Practice

Over the last fifty years, IL has evolved from a “niche” library practice and skill into a concept connected to democracy, social justice and human rights. Yet much discussion in the field still revolves around definitions, frameworks and competences, while broader social and political realities shaping information practices receive less attention. If IL is to be socially relevant and “fit for the future”, its value cannot lie only in conceptual refinements, but in its ability to respond to the conditions affecting our lives.  

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Pathum B Rathnayake

Beyond the Bot: Why Information Literacy Is More Critical Than Ever in the AI Age

In an age where generative AI tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, and Claude can produce essays, summarize research, generate code, create lesson plans, and even draft emails in seconds, one might wonder whether traditional Information Literacy remains essential. The answer is a simply “Yes”, perhaps more than ever before. While AI dramatically changes how we access, create, and interact with information, it does not replace the critical human skills needed to evaluate, interpret, contextualize, and ethically use that information. In fact, the rise of AI-generated contents make strong information literacy skills even more crucial for navigating an increasingly complex information landscape.

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