%0 Journal Article %1 pun2017hacking %A Pun, Raymond %D 2017 %J The Library Quarterly %K bibliothek informationskompetenz politikwissenschaft %N 4 %P 330-336 %R 10.1086/693489 %T Hacking the Research Library: Wikipedia, Trump, and Information Literacy in the Escape Room at Fresno State %U https://doi.org/10.1086/693489 %V 87 %X AbstractHow can librarians teach information literacy in such a politicized atmosphere? In spring 2017, the library at Fresno State held a series of workshops that introduced first-year students to information literacy in a “gamification” setting, an escape room, to encourage community learning. The theme of the workshop focused on President Donald Trump. In this one-shot workshop, students were “locked” in the escape room in the library and had to solve a series of information-literacy puzzles and research tasks, including hacking into Donald Trump’s Wikipedia page, fact-checking Trump’s tweets, and comparing and analyzing fake news with online databases. The article presents this workshop as a case study on how librarians can creatively engage with students to collaborate, learn, and build information literacy skills using Trump as the teaching subject.

@article{pun2017hacking, abstract = { AbstractHow can librarians teach information literacy in such a politicized atmosphere? In spring 2017, the library at Fresno State held a series of workshops that introduced first-year students to information literacy in a “gamification” setting, an escape room, to encourage community learning. The theme of the workshop focused on President Donald Trump. In this one-shot workshop, students were “locked” in the escape room in the library and had to solve a series of information-literacy puzzles and research tasks, including hacking into Donald Trump’s Wikipedia page, fact-checking Trump’s tweets, and comparing and analyzing fake news with online databases. The article presents this workshop as a case study on how librarians can creatively engage with students to collaborate, learn, and build information literacy skills using Trump as the teaching subject. }, added-at = {2017-10-04T12:42:31.000+0200}, author = {Pun, Raymond}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2b1af01861b5d8cf0df3dcd57699d491c/wdees}, description = {Hacking the Research Library: Wikipedia, Trump, and Information Literacy in the Escape Room at Fresno State: The Library Quarterly: Vol 87, No 4}, doi = {10.1086/693489}, eprint = {https://doi.org/10.1086/693489}, interhash = {3cec551576df540607069411fe9a2665}, intrahash = {b1af01861b5d8cf0df3dcd57699d491c}, journal = {The Library Quarterly}, keywords = {bibliothek informationskompetenz politikwissenschaft}, number = 4, pages = {330-336}, timestamp = {2017-10-04T12:42:31.000+0200}, title = {Hacking the Research Library: Wikipedia, Trump, and Information Literacy in the Escape Room at Fresno State}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1086/693489}, volume = 87, year = 2017 }