Study on the Confronting Strategies of Infodemic from the Perspective of University Libraries: Case Study and Demonstration Based on 42 “Double First-Class” University Libraries
With the continuous spread of COVID-19 pandemic around the world, infodemic has been generated. People have realized the importance of confronting the infodemic together because of its threat. As the important places for information service, the university libraries play important roles in confronting the infodemic. This paper systematically analyzed the generation and pro- pagation of infodemic, built the mechanism framework of confronting the infodemic by university libraries, and verified the framework by the case of 42 “Double First-Class” university libraries. The results of the web survey demonstrated that bibliotherapy, information therapy and information literacy education were effective measures to counteract infodemic.
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Shan, G. , Qian, R. and Li, X. (2022). Study on the Confronting Strategies of Infodemic from the Perspective of University Libraries: Case Study and Demonstration Based on 42 “Double First-Class” University Libraries. Open Access Library Journal, 9, e8357. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/oalib.1108357.
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