On December 6th, 2016 (Tue) ⑨:00 – ⑪:50 a.m. we will be holding Student Poster Session on MULTILINGUAL INFORMATION ACCESS in various global contexts. WesternView More
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The Politics of Internet Memes
by Yimin Chen, LIS PhD Candidate. In his opening monologue to the first Saturday Night Live broadcast following the 2016 US election, comedian Dave ChappelleView More
Bolder Views of Digital Access in US Library of Congress
Carla Hayden, the new head of the Library of Congress, at a confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill, April 2016. [Photo by: Drew Angerer/The New YorkView More
Rubin Received 2016 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
Victoria Rubin is a proud recipient of the 2016 FIMS Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching “in recognition of outstanding contributions to the academic developmentView More
Mediations Team-Talk @Western: Fake News or Truth?
Silverman, Buzzfeed Canada, on Spreading the Truth in an Age of Viral Misinformation
Craig Silverman, the Founding Editor of Buzzfeed Canada, will deliver the Fall 2016 Clissold Lecture entitled “Spreading the Truth in an Age of Viral Misinformation”.View More
Upcoming Talk @ Mediations, Western
[Image caption: “Prototype of a system in R&D”] Save the Date: “Fake News or Truth? Using Satirical Cues to Detect Potentially Misleading News” Thursday, OctoberView More
Visit from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
LiT.RL received a visit from Professors Tan Seng Chee, Kevin Hartman, and Betsy Ng, researchers at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore. The conversationView More
LiT.RL Lab New Team Members
LiT.RL has restarted its regular fall 2016 lab meetings and reinvigorating research activities. We welcome back Sarah Cornwell, previously part of the team as aView More
“Elderly Lies”?! Disseminating Research & Learning Along.
I recently gave a talk about deception at the “55 Up Club” in Lucan, in the vicinity of London, Ontario. Thank you to the Club forView More