Reflection Blogging
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Reflection Blog: Hyperlinked Environments and Privacy
Technology has become more ingrained in our day-to-day lives. As Internet of Things (IoT) devices, online services, social media, and artificial intelligence become increasingly integrated into everyday life, it has become easier for nebulous third-party companies to collect information about our behaviors. The current shift in technology, headed by advances in artificial intelligence and big data, brings to the forefront of my mind just how important privacy boundaries can be. So, I explored the “Privacy and the Hyperlinked Library” materials for the latest Choose Your Own Adventure module. One thing that stood out to me throughout the Pew Research Center’s readings is the discrepancy between how many people are concerned…
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Reflection Blog: Hyperlinked Communities
In a fast-paced digital world focused on immediate services, sometimes we overlook how valuable connections to people can be. However, this week’s materials highlighted one of the library’s most important resources: the community. While libraries often focus on preserving and providing access to information resources, this week’s materials highlighted that one of the library’s most important resources is the community itself. As librarians, we also want to take care of our resources. One topic I have been learning about outside of this course is the whole-person librarianship movement, which uses concepts from social work such as cultural humility and person-in-environment to help librarians connect to diverse patrons (Zettevall, n.d.). Rather…
