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How librarians should handle patrons seeking validation for misinformation

I work as a librarian and patrons ask me to help them research topics but want me to validate conclusions they've already reached from unreliable sources.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The sacred duty to serve learning conflicts with the professional obligation to promote truth, creating impossible choices.

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