iSchool Capstone

Digital Crisis Librarianship: field notes from the front line

Project tags:

business & systems analysis

information behavior & user research

information policy & ethics

The impacts of accelerating technological and social change influence all aspects of present life. New professional disciplines have emerged over the past decade addressing online-offline crises at the intersection of digital information and social conflict & violence. This project is a field report elaborating a unique professional role drawn from my personal professional experiences and library and information science skills. Digital crisis librarianship helps people and organizations find and make sense of information about extreme and harmful subjects in a fractured and adversarial information environment. Digital crisis librarians provide information services for researchers, policy-makers, trust & safety professionals, and more.
Project participants:

Scott Johnson

MLIS Online