News Access and Media Literacy in Public Libraries
eLearning
Webinar
Public libraries are playing an increasingly important role in helping communities navigate today’s complex information landscape. From supporting access to trustworthy news sources to helping patrons build critical media literacy skills, library workers are meeting growing needs amid rapidly changing technologies, formats, and user behaviors.
Join the Public Library Association (PLA) and PressReader for a webinar exploring key findings from the new report, News Access and Media Literacy in Public Libraries. Based on survey responses from more than 900 library workers, the report examines how public libraries are supporting news access and media literacy, the challenges they face, and where future investment may have the greatest impact.
During this webinar, we’ll discuss:
- Key trends in how patrons access and engage with news and information
- Common barriers to digital news access and media literacy support
- The evolving role of library staff in helping patrons evaluate information
- Practical strategies and opportunities for strengthening services in your library
Whether you are developing formal media literacy programming or supporting patrons through everyday interactions, this session will offer data, insights, and practical takeaways to help inform your work.
Who Should Attend
Public library staff, administrators, educators, and anyone interested in media literacy, digital access, and community information services.
Attendees are prohibited from using any artificial intelligence, machine learning, large language model, automated decision-making tool, or any other software or tools to record this event and from using this event to train, develop, or improve any artificial intelligence system, machine learning model, or similar automated technology. This does not preclude attendees' personal use of AI notetaking tools for accessibility purposes.
Tech Requirements
This webinar will be presented using the Zoom platform. Please review Zoom technical requirements and support information, and test your connection.
Once you've joined the webinar, there are two ways to connect your audio: via computer or via telephone. No microphone is required. PLA works with its webinar platform provider to assure the highest quality audio is being delivered to attendees. However, variables over which PLA has no control—such as the speed of your Internet connection or traffic on your local network—can affect the end quality of the webinar audio delivered by your computer. Each webinar’s audio is also available by telephone via a toll number, so we recommend you have access to a long-distance enabled phone as a backup in case you experience audio issues with VoIP.
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