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The mission of the Library Instruction Round Table (LIRT) is to provide a forum for discussion of activities, programs, and problems of instruction in the use of libraries; to contribute to the education and training of librarians for library instruction; to promote instruction in the use of libraries as an essential library service, and to serve as a channel of communication on library instruction between the ALA divisions, ALA and ACRL committees, state clearinghouses, Project LOEX, other organizations concerned with instruction in the use of libraries, and members of the Association.

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Event: Conspiracy Theories and the Information Society - ID:EALS Free Virtual Speaker Series

  • 1.  Event: Conspiracy Theories and the Information Society - ID:EALS Free Virtual Speaker Series

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    Event Title: Conspiracy Theories and the Information Society
    When: May 12, 2026, 10 - 11 am Eastern Standard Time
    The Institute for Information Literacy at Purdue is pleased to host Dr. Matthew Hannah and Dr. Robert Spinelli for the May session of its Information and Democracy: Education, Access, Libraries, and Society (ID:EALS) speaker series.
    Abstract:
    Information is not neutral. It has become a frontline in the battle over truth and reality, which is ravaging our societies. In a time when information is an essential component structuring online life, we also see the rise and viral spread of conspiracy theories. Our talk will explore how our society is structured by our access to and application of information in an age of unprecedented information overload. It will highlight the importance of being able to properly sift through incomplete data, misinformation, and disinformation especially when the political and social consequences of rampant conspiracism have become all too clear.
    Presenters:
    Robert Spinelli, archivist & author of The Lizard People Don't Want You to Read This and Death, Commemoration & Cultural Meaning (2025), with a new book coming in 2026.
    Dr. Matthew N. Hannah, Associate Professor of Digital Studies at UW–Madison, researcher of the political economy of online information, and co‑editor of multiple works on conspiracy culture - with a forthcoming book on QAnon and meaning in late capitalism.


    Clarence Maybee

    Associate Dean for Learning

    Professor and W. Wayne Booker Chair in Information Literacy

    Director, Institute for Information Literacy at Purdue

    Libraries and School of Information Studies

    Purdue University

    cmaybee@purdue.edu

    765-494-7603

     

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