Tag Archive for: digital literacy

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Reality Check: Canadian Experience of Misinformation in the Algorithm Age

Presented in conjunction with The Glass Room, our art and technology exhibit for December, please join us for a panel discussion on digital privacy and misinformation. This panel will discuss what happens when we increasingly rely on social media and the web for nearly all our information? What information do we see, and what do we miss? How can we be sure if a picture or a tweet is genuine or truthful? And what can we do if we can’t be sure?

Our panelists are:

  • Peter Julian (former MP for New Westminster)
  • Peter Musser (from the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management

And it is hosted by Dr. Halimat Alabi (from the UBC Faculty of Education)

The panel will take place in person at the Main Branch of the New Westminster Public Library, and online via Zoom. All registered participants will receive the Zoom link a few days before the event.

Register today.

Presented in collaboration with Open Media Society and Tactical Tech.

         

Getting the most out of LIBBY ebooks

If you live in New Westminster and have an NWPL library card, then you can enjoy the Library’s collection of ebooks, eaudiobooks, and digital magazines, all free through the Libby by Overdrive app!

We will help you get Libby installed on your mobile device and show you how to get the most out of Libby. This will be a hands-on session discussing how to search, download, filter, place holds and more.

Register using the link below.

If you have questions, please email askus@nwpl.ca

 

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Climate Mis- and Disinformation

Put on your detective hat to connect the dots in climate mis- and disinformation campaigns. In this interactive session you’ll learn how to find and identify anti-science talking points and trace them to their root sources – individuals, think tanks, advertorials, media and more. Leave the workshop empowered to speak up about climate misinformation and actively support the majority of Canadians pushing for meaningful climate action.

 

This session is delivered by a member of the New Westminster Climate Action Hub, Jennifer Nathan. Jennifer shares over 30 years of climate activism with a depth of knowledge augmented by her science teaching background.  She has experience as a park naturalist, in working on the legal aspects of climate justice, as a guest speaker at many events and projects.  (see https://gooderhamnathan.com/about-us/ for more information about her legal experience).

Ages 14+

 

This event is highly interactive and so in-person attendance is recommended. A hybrid link will be provided to all registrants but in-person attendance is preferred.

This event is part of BC Library Association’s Climate Action Week, a province-wide initiative to highlight the ways communities and libraries are taking action in the climate crisis. Check out all the climate action events at the New Westminster Public Library from November 2-8! nwpl.ca/climate

Libby Basics: How to Borrow eBooks and Audiobooks

If you live in New Westminster and have an NWPL library card, then you can begin enjoying ebooks, audiobooks, and digital magazines borrowed from the library today!

This session will include an introduction to and demonstration of the Libby app from OverDrive, followed by a Q&A and individual attention to your personal device, time permitting. The Libby app is the primary way NWPL makes digital reading (and listening) materials available to library members.

So, register today if you’ve been interested in borrowing ebooks, audiobooks, and digital magazines from the library but haven’t had the chance to learn all about Libby yet! If registration is full, please email askus@nwpl.ca to be put on the waitlist. Event registration will send an automatic confirmation email — if you don’t receive it please check your junk or spam folder and add no-reply@nwpl.ca to your known senders list.