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Currents and Comments

Currents and Comments 1Professional and Media Perspectives1.1The Real Problem Behind Fake NewsSlate Magazine features a story about issues with Facebook in the fake-news era. The article discusses why Facebook is the leading cause of fake news spreading throughout the world.See http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2016/11/the_problem_with_facebook_runs_much_deeper_than_fake_news.html.1.2Center for Research Libraries Statement on “Fake News,” November 22, 2016The Center for Research Libraries (CRL) released a statement on fake news, saying it is the responsibility of all libraries to support an informed electorate, and research libraries to ensure that citizens have an accurate and complete public record. In fulfilling that responsibility, the traditional news industry is a natural and necessary partner. Newspapers have been called the “first, rough draft of history,” and trust in the journalistic record is based on a long history of independent, fact-based reporting. Therefore, libraries should invest heavily to preserve credible newspapers like The New York Times, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and The Globe and Mail. See https://www.crl.edu/blogs/fake-news.1.3Collecting, Preserving, and Transforming the News for Research and the Public: The Academic News Librarian—Patron Services to Support Text Mining, 27–28 April 2017Debora Cheney, CIO for Assessment and User Engagement at SUNY, Albany, New York, conducts research on the process of collecting, preserving, and transforming news. She http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Preservation, Digital Technology & Culture (PDT&C) de Gruyter

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de Gruyter
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© 2017 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston
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2195-2965
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2195-2965
DOI
10.1515/pdtc-2017-0013
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1Professional and Media Perspectives1.1The Real Problem Behind Fake NewsSlate Magazine features a story about issues with Facebook in the fake-news era. The article discusses why Facebook is the leading cause of fake news spreading throughout the world.See http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2016/11/the_problem_with_facebook_runs_much_deeper_than_fake_news.html.1.2Center for Research Libraries Statement on “Fake News,” November 22, 2016The Center for Research Libraries (CRL) released a statement on fake news, saying it is the responsibility of all libraries to support an informed electorate, and research libraries to ensure that citizens have an accurate and complete public record. In fulfilling that responsibility, the traditional news industry is a natural and necessary partner. Newspapers have been called the “first, rough draft of history,” and trust in the journalistic record is based on a long history of independent, fact-based reporting. Therefore, libraries should invest heavily to preserve credible newspapers like The New York Times, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and The Globe and Mail. See https://www.crl.edu/blogs/fake-news.1.3Collecting, Preserving, and Transforming the News for Research and the Public: The Academic News Librarian—Patron Services to Support Text Mining, 27–28 April 2017Debora Cheney, CIO for Assessment and User Engagement at SUNY, Albany, New York, conducts research on the process of collecting, preserving, and transforming news. She

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Preservation, Digital Technology & Culture (PDT&C)de Gruyter

Published: Oct 9, 2017

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