Students will work in groups to design (i.e. simulate creating) a special interest group or working group focused on addressing an LIS-relevant, social/ethical issue of their choosing.
Groups can have varied scopes, goals, and methods, for example an IFLA working group to raise professional awareness about data protection or a two-year project at a public library to help patrons handle health misinformation. Example categories of issues include: the digital divide, surveillance and Datenschutz, sustainability, censorship and intellectual freedom, digital sovereignty, open science, misinformation, and the repatriation of cultural heritage. Others are certainly possible.
Across the semester students will draw on scientific literature to: define their group's stakeholders, purpose, goals and fit with/within parent organisation; create a mandate and policy/manifesto driven by LIS values; plan to build a team and design a governance structure; develop a strategic plan with promotion, community building, and an example timeline (e.g. yearly schedule of events and publications), derive broad requirements for public-facing material (e.g. a Website), plan for sustainability (i.e. funding) and contingency like push-back, and plan ongoing monitoring, evaluation, and adaptation.
Die Veranstaltung wurde 3 mal im Vorlesungsverzeichnis SoSe 2025 gefunden:
