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Fact Denial and the Record Under Threat

Brandeis Records Manager

Holocaust- and moon landing-denial hopefully provide two clear and non-partisan examples. Cranks with nothing better to do ( or looking for a buck ) post and masquerade screeds based on very little information, often supported with doctored images.

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Information Literacy and Records Management

Brandeis Records Manager

Also, as I’ve suggested , fact denial and fake news—land mines under the librarian’s definition of info literacy—should be serious concerns for the RIM and IG professional communities as well, given our core principles of integrity and transparency. Like records management , info literacy has considerable social justice implications.

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The Power of the Record

Brandeis Records Manager

After some recent gloom and doom posts about future challenges to the profession and fact denial and fake news , it’s probably time to take a slightly more glass half-full perspective of our job. For example, I’ll be presenting on The Principles (can I still say “GARP”?)