IICIIS international – Institute for Information Competence and Information Infrastructure

IKIS

IKIS – Gesellschaft für Informationskompetenz und Informationsinfrastruktur || Society for Information Competence and Information Infrastructure

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IICIIS

IICIIS – Institute for Information Competence and Information Infrastructure

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Coronavirus Pandemic and the Rhethorics of War

Coronavirus Pandemic and the Rhethorics of War

31 March 202031 March 2020 Steve Patriarca

We need to move beyond the rhetoric and reflect not only on the values we seek to preserve but also on what needs to change.

The Baloney Detection Kit

The Baloney Detection Kit

24 November 201924 November 2019 Hermann Huemer

Science is the best way to understand the world. But pseudosciences are competing for attention and your money.

Disinformation, Cybersecurity, and Online Influence

Disinformation, Cybersecurity, and Online Influence

12 October 20194 December 2019 Steve Patriarca

Lessons from Eastern Europe — and the West, as noted at an event hosted by the U.S. Embassy Austria in the Amerika Haus, Vienna.

Information literacy is the ability to think critically and make balanced judgements about any information we find and use. It empowers us as citizens to reach and express informed views and to engage fully with society. (by ILG Information Literacy Group, 2018)

IICIIS and IKIS

Our name is programme: IICIIS is dedicated to promoting and facilitating information competence in co-operation with the national information infrastructure institutions (not just libraries). IKIS forms the appropriate platform as an association of individuals and institutions who want to participate in the exchange of opinions, the formation of strategies and the definition of goals as well as further develop their own information competence.

Historical Context

IICIIS pursue a similar vision as FID and NFIL. However, instead of documenting the knowledge of the world centrally, we are promoting a modern information infrastructure that provides knowledge in high-quality information products, as well as individual information competence to ensure that the information infrastructure and its products and services can be used efficiently. The widespread societal integration of information literacy will continue to be an ongoing challenge in efforts to level the playing field for the development of the responsible digital citizen.

Steve Patriarca

I want to focus on how information can become knowledge and what skills are involved in that process.

Hermann Huemer

I care about the quality of the information we consume or produce every day as others care about quality of food, environment or life.