Barbara Alvarez Author Archive
Email: BAlvarez@balibrary.org Twitter: @the_barbrarian
I am Head of Adult Services at Westmont Public Library. I received my Masters in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign in May 2012. In my spare time, I love running and traveling.
FEATURE | Public Libraries in the Age of Fake News
Scrolling through my Twitter feed the afternoon after the election, I was surprised to see so many people tweeting that the results were in: Donald Trump had won the popular vote. It surprised me because earlier that morning I had heard on the radio that Hillary Clinton was pulling even further ahead of Trump. I did some fact-checking and it became clear: I had witnessed another example of the viral spread of fake news.
