Challenging Mis/Disinformation in Special Libraries in an Age of AI and Alternative Facts

Details

• Creators:
  Saunders, Laura
• Corporate Creators:
  Simmons University. School of Library and Information Science
• Corporate Contributors:
  American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) ; National Transportation Knowledge Network (NTKN) (U.S.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Information dissemination and retrieval
  • Information services
  • Information, data, and knowledge
  • Guides to information
  • Information literacy
  • Misinformation
  • Disinformation
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/dm7k-3t48
• Resource Type:
  Presentations
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Transportation Library
• Abstract:
  Associate Dean and Professor Laura Saunders, with Simmons University's School of Library and Information Science, is the speaker for the August 2026 Transportation Librarians Roundtable. Saunders addresses how mis- and disinformation have infiltrated all parts of our lives, emphasizing the ways in which AI tools complicate the knowledge management landscape by increasing the ease with which false information is created and spread. After an overview of the mis/disinformation terrain, Simmons provides specific, research-based strategies for verifying information online and using AI tools effectively.
• Content Notes:
  Recording length: 1h 03m 09s. Gemini AI was used to perform a light verbatim edit on the transcript.
• Format:
  MPEG
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/93003/dot_93003_DS1.mp4
• File Type:
  [MP4 - 250.42 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Transportation Librarians Roundtable
• Main Document Checksum:
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