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<span style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16pt;">ALA Releases Free Library Programming Guide, Resources to Help Adult Patrons Understand the Unseen Aspects of the Internet</span></h1>
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<span style="font-weight: 600;">CHICAGO — What determines the information that shows up in online search results? How do cookies work? What exactly is an algorithm?</span></div>
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<p style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 1rem 0px; color: rgb(73, 73, 73);"><span style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The
</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 122, 183);"><a href="https://www.ala.org/tools/sites/ala.org.tools/files/content/Media-Lit_Arch_Prog-Guide.pdf" target="_blank" id="OWA575a5a7f-43f8-2ef2-191b-fa9ab72c6307" class="OWAAutoLink" data-feathr-click-track="true" data-feathr-link-aids="604267263e520ca59416d0a9" style="color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none; margin: 0px;">new
free guide</a></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> from the American Library Association (ALA), developed with a team of national advisors, will help library workers assist adults in understanding how the internet works
and how it impacts their lives.</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 1rem 0px; color: rgb(73, 73, 73);"><span style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">“</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 122, 183);"><a href="https://www.ala.org/tools/sites/ala.org.tools/files/content/Media-Lit_Arch_Prog-Guide.pdf" target="_blank" id="OWA5e1afef5-bd02-3b77-de79-49db53c8a8fe" class="OWAAutoLink" data-feathr-click-track="true" data-feathr-link-aids="604267263e520ca59416d0a9" style="color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none; margin: 0px;">Media
Literacy for Adults: Architecture of the Internet Programming Guide</a></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">” contains background information, recommended collection materials and program ideas on topics like misinformation;
artificial intelligence; ChatGPT; civics; search engine optimization; and more. The 27-page guide also explores ways to help novice patrons with library technology and how to teach media literacy in everyday library services.
</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 122, 183);"><a href="https://www.ala.org/tools/sites/ala.org.tools/files/content/Media-Lit_Arch_Prog-Guide.pdf" target="_blank" id="OWA4ca858b3-b8d2-d8a2-7a0e-b8bc56a8323e" class="OWAAutoLink" data-feathr-click-track="true" data-feathr-link-aids="604267263e520ca59416d0a9" style="color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none; margin: 0px;">Download
the guide here</a></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">.</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 1rem 0px; color: rgb(73, 73, 73);"><span style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">In the guide, library workers may explore library program spotlights such as:</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 1.75;">Interactive programs to teach disinformation through a “Disinformation Crime Scene”</span></li><li style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 1.75;">Innovative trainings and workshops to teach artificial intelligence through ChatGPT and Shakespeare plays</span></li><li style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 1.75;">Documentary screenings and discussions on media literacy topics</span></li></ul>
<p style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 1rem 0px; color: rgb(73, 73, 73);"><span style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The materials in the guide were created for out-of-school adult audiences whom library workers will generally meet in
a public library context. However, many of the approaches and best practices explored are equally appropriate for a classroom or other library settings.</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 1rem 0px; color: rgb(73, 73, 73);"><span style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The authors of the guide will present a series of free webinars to coincide with its major themes and ideas. To stay
informed about webinar dates and registration, </span><span style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 122, 183);"><a href="https://americanlibraryassociation.informz.net/americanlibraryassociation/pages/PPO_New_PL_Subscribe_Page" target="_blank" id="OWA5a661ca4-699a-79d5-35cf-7c5e3b3c4354" class="OWAAutoLink" data-feathr-click-track="true" data-feathr-link-aids="604267263e520ca59416d0a9" style="color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none; margin: 0px;">sign
up for the Programming Librarian e-newsletter.</a></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 1rem 0px; color: rgb(73, 73, 73);"><span style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Media Literacy for Adults: Architecture of the Internet Programming Guide” was created in collaboration with talented
thought leaders from the library and media literacy sectors, including Jimmeka Anderson, Ph.D., I AM not the Media, Inc.; Spencer Brayton of Waubonsee Community College (Illinois); Kristen Calvert of Dallas (Texas) Public Library; Anna Kozlowska-Barrios, Ph.D.
of the University of Illinois; Micheal A. Spikes, Ph.D. of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism (Illinois); and Monya Tomlinson of Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library (Georgia).</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 1rem 0px; color: rgb(73, 73, 73);"><span style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 122, 183);"><a href="https://www.ala.org/tools/programming/MediaLiteracy" target="_blank" id="OWA7923f64d-2351-0565-4f36-d68cc46148aa" class="OWAAutoLink" data-feathr-click-track="true" data-feathr-link-aids="604267263e520ca59416d0a9" style="color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none; margin: 0px;">Media
Literacy Education in Libraries for Adult Audiences</a></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> is a project conducted by the ALA Public Programs Office in collaboration with Knology, a nonprofit research organization that
produces practical social science for a better world. It was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services grant number LG-13-19-0089-19.</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 1rem 0px; color: rgb(73, 73, 73);"><span style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 600;">About the American Library Association</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 1rem 0px; color: rgb(73, 73, 73);"><span style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The American Library Association (ALA) is the foremost national organization providing resources to inspire library
and information professionals to transform their communities through essential programs and services. For more than 140 years, the ALA has been the trusted voice for academic, public, school, government and special libraries, advocating for the profession
and the library’s role in enhancing learning and ensuring access to information for all.</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 1rem 0px; color: rgb(73, 73, 73);"><span style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 600;">About the ALA Public Programs Office</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 1rem 0px; color: rgb(73, 73, 73);"><span style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The ALA Public Programs Office empowers libraries to create vibrant hubs of learning, conversation and connection in
communities of all types. Learn more at </span><span style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 122, 183);"><a href="http://www.ala.org/ppo" id="OWA87141eee-392f-185a-f933-3fb5a3756749" class="OWAAutoLink" data-feathr-click-track="true" data-feathr-link-aids="604267263e520ca59416d0a9" style="color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none; margin: 0px;">www.ala.org/ppo</a></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">.</span></p>
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