The Bulgarian Academic Librarians Perspectives on Mis/Disinformation
摘要
The paper presents the specifics of the Bulgarian case regarding the perceptions of academic librarians on different aspects of mis/disinformation and their experience in addressing these topics in the information literacy training sessions for library users. The survey follows the unified structure of a questionnaire distributed among librarians from different countries that was developed by Joumana Boustany and Laura Saunders in 2024 in the framework of the research project DisMis. The goal of the survey is to monitor to what extent the important function of the academic librarians to empower library users to critically evaluate information, recognize mis/disinformation, and navigate the digital landscape effectively, by offering structured educational programs and resources, is performed effectively in Bulgaria. The identified gaps will be a starting point for new opportunities to overcome the existing problems. The possible measures may include strengthening the connections with the faculty members and applying innovative learning strategies as game-based learning. The future directions of the research include a comparison of the Bulgarian librarians’ perspectives on mis/disinformation reflected in the conducted survey with the perceptions on these issues of librarians from the countries from Eastern Europe, starting with the neighbouring country Romania.