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The challenge facing libraries in an era of fake news

  • Written by Donald A. Barclay, Deputy University Librarian, University of California, Merced
imageHow can students think critically about information in today's age?UBC Library Communications/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND

Imagine, for a moment, the technology of 2017 had existed on Jan. 11, 1964 – the day Luther Terry, surgeon general of the United States, released “Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General...

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