UB's Department of Library and Information Studies is training professionals to manage the flood of information in the world today so others can use it in business, law, communications or other professions.
The blend of digital technology and traditional merit badges would provide an opportunity to both motivate and measure learning, according to new research.
Strengthening STEM learning through improved rural libraries is the goal of a federal research grant awarded jointly to UB and the University of West Georgia.
With crisis comes misinformation, warns UB digital literacy expert Heidi Julien. To avoid misleading news, she recommends using the CRAP test, a four-step assessment that filters out information filled with bias and fiction.
