User:Theantipro/Information Literacy

Adding notes/section on social media especially TikTok:

"the time has come for libraries to transform IL practices to incorporate social media platforms such as Facebook, WhatsApp, Telegram, Twitter, Instagram or TikTok for digital creations. Professionals from various fields and walks of life use TikTok to share informative content with those who are a part of this community."

"Interestingly, Song et al. (2021) conducted a study that focused on TikTok as a platform for enhancing and providing access to health information to ensure credibility and accuracy; this supports the need for embedding this platform in teaching ILrelated aspects."

Adding section/note on privacy as a part of information literacy:

History of data privacy: "Privacy has a long history as a legal concept in the US, dating back to the 4th amendment of the Bill of Rights, “the right of people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures.” Other laws relating to privacy, include Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and the Hi-Tech Act of 2009 regarding notifications of data breaches. In addition, there are the very recent new laws being created to respond to privacy issues now, such as General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which does impact college students in the US, California Consumer Data Privacy Act, and the New Consumers Online Privacy discussed in the Senate, but not approved. Discussing HIPAA and FERPA could cover the concept of Personally Identifiable Information, PII, and how much data that exists today isn’t covered by HIPAA or FERPA."

Concrete topics on data privacy: "data collection, data brokers, browser fingerprinting, cookies, data security, IP ranges, SSO, http vs https, anonymization, encryption, opt out vs opt in."

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under "Efforts in Higher Education"

There have also been efforts in higher education to highlight issues of data privacy, as they relate to information literacy. For example, at the University of North Florida, in 2021, data privacy was added to their Library and Information Studies curriculum. The history of data privacy was included in this change, as well as topics such as, "data collection, data brokers, browser fingerprinting, cookies, data security, IP ranges, SSO, http vs https, anonymization, encryption, opt out vs opt in. These are all areas in which information professionals can improve information literacy, through understanding data privacy, practicing good techniques for data privacy, and teaching patrons about the importance/techniques for data privacy.