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Fact, False, or Just Flawed: Critically Examining News in the Age of Truthiness

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November 17, 2017
9:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Location
University of Pennsylvania Law School
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ACRL/DVC or PaLA Member – $35.00
Current MLS Student – $25.00
Non-ACRL/DVC Member – $50.00
An ACRL/DVC membership through June 30, 2018 is included in the non-member registration fee.
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ACRL DVC’s Fall 2017 Conference

November 17, 2017

University of Pennsylvania Law School

Schedule:

9:00 - 9:30: Registration and Breakfast

9:30 - 9:45: Welcome: Nancy Bellafante

9:45 - 11:00: Keynote Presentation: Pamela Newkirk, Professor at NYU Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute; author of Within the Veil: Black Journalists White Media.

11:00 - 11:15: Break

11:15 - 12:30: Moderated Panel

Moderator: Tom Ipri, Associate Director for Public Services & Programming, St. Joseph's University

Panelists:

Mark Dent, journalist & writer for Billy Penn and Politifact
Sarah Hartman-Caverly, reference & instruction librarian at Delaware County Community College
Vanessa Schipani, science writer at FactCheck.org
John L Sullivan, associate professor of media & communication at Muhlenberg College

12:30 - 1:15 Lunch

1:15- 3:00: Lightning Rounds: presentations on library partnerships, programs, resources, and teaching strategies that address news literacy

3:00 - 3:30: Chapter Meeting

This event is made possible in part by Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, Department of Education, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Wolf, Governor , through the College and Research Division (http://crdpala.org/) of PaLA. Show your appreciation by becoming a member of PaLA! And if you are a member - Thank you!