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I'm hoping to make it to C4L this year and yes, this would be a good topic for a BOF discussion. > On Nov 29, 2016, at 2:59 PM, Salazar, Christina <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > @Eric Hellman, Will Denton, Michelle, Karen Coyle, etc. > > I REALLY want to have this conversation AND the post election statement conversation in person en masse at C4L2017. C4L does plenty of socializing stuff, but I believe that it's time for us to come together during "official" conference time to kind of think, talk and write about how we want to (or don't) identify as a community. > > I'm willing moderate if no one else wants to but I just feel like WE NEED TO TALK WITH each other, rather than e-mail AT each other. There's been some very thought provoking topics here recently. > > Thoughts anyone? > Christina (Who Are You? I really wanna know.) Salazar > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdLIerfXuZ4 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Eric Hellman > Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2016 9:28 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [CODE4LIB] Post-election reflections for Code4Lib > > I'm sure we've all read articles about the fake news that circulates in an information environment anchored by social media, and the relation of that information environment to the election. > > Libraries are participants in this new information enviroment, so I have some questions. > > 1. Do libraries understand the algorithms and metadata that guide search results and suggestions in the services they provide? Do these algorithms reproduce biases in our society? > 2. Are libraries provide compelling enough services to be meaningful and reliable participants in public discourse? > 3. When libraries connect their services to social networks (for example with a Facebook "Like" button) are they making user's the information environment better or worse? > 4. With many users fearing a more authoritarian state, are libraries providing services that are safe from surveillance by commercial or government entities? > > > Eric Hellman > President, Free Ebook Foundation > Founder, Unglue.it https://unglue.it/ > https://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/ > twitter: @gluejar