February 3rd, 2021

Information Gatekeepers

I have always felt that libraries are the gatekeepers of information. One of my favorite quotes is from Neil Gaiman who said, "Google can bring you back 100,000 answers. A librarian can bring you back the right one." Critical thinking is very important, as is a healthy dose of skepticism. I love sharing the databases in Inspire (Indiana's virtual library) where they can find peer reviewed journal articles, as well as explaining what databases and a peer reviewed journals are! Kids are going to look online for information; they need to know there are other sources besides Google.

Tags: critical thinking

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I love that quote!

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I have heard in library school that librarians are not considered gatekeepers anymore but now are guides. We guide people to good information rather than hold the information, as we have no control over internet information sources that people access.

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