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Search Mastery Speaker Series: Dr. Beth St. Jean - April 16, 2025 | UMD INFO College

Search Mastery Speaker Series: Central Roles of Public Libraries in Supporting Their Communities’ Needs for Information and Beyond During the 1918 Influenza and COVID-19 Pandemics Dr. Beth St. Jean Associate Professor College of Information University of Maryland Wednesday, April 16, 2025 Abstract: In this talk, Dr. Beth St. Jean will share her research findings regarding the many important contributions made by public libraries toward preventing and addressing infodemics during the 1918 influenza and the COVID-19 pandemics. These contributions help to fulfill the World Health Organization’s call to “strengthen the resilience of individuals and communities to infodemics,” ranging from providing the public with access to accurate information, offering literacy training, running programs to support people’s mental and physical health, providing information and resources that enable people to engage in crucially important health behaviors, and helping to address health inequities within their communities and beyond. Bio: Dr. Beth St. Jean is an Associate Professor at the University of Maryland College of Information in College Park, Maryland. She holds a PhD and an MS in Information (Library & Information Services specialization) from the University of Michigan School of Information. Beth's research and teaching focus on the intersection of people's health-related information behaviors, information access, health literacy, and health justice, particularly aiming to identify the information-related causes of, and potential solutions to, health disparities. University of Maryland College of Information Studies (UMD INFO College) To support our students and support our school, consider giving today: https://ischool.umd.edu/support Website: http://ischool.umd.edu Facebook:   / infocollegeumd1   Twitter:   / infocollegeumd   Instagram:   / infocollegeumd   LinkedIn:   / infocollegeumd   #UMDINFOTalks