Tools for Information Literacy | Week ① 
Newsletters

Subscribe to these two newsletters

They will keep you up to date on current thinking about how to design information that is usable as well as on the latest developments in emerging information technologies.

and tell us which ones you subscribed to in your 1st Canvas discussion posting.

1. NN/g Newsletter: Current Issues in Web Usability. The NN/Group's weekly discussion about ways to create better information tools, with UX articles, videos, upcoming courses, and job openings.
   The newsletters will be sent with alertbox@nngroup.com as the "from" address.

2. Technology Review: a journal of links to articles about technology developments (in their technical, social, and policy aspects). Subscribe at least to The Download.

Other newsletters that may be useful.

You may, depending on your interests, wish to sign up for one or more of these newsletters, but this is purely optional.

Future Problems: two vice-presidents of the NN/Group have their own Substack blog, in which they ask ...

The questions worth asking about AI, design, and how people actually use it. Researched and written by Sarah Gibbons & Kate Moran.

Scout Report: a publication of the Internet Scout Research Group, published every Friday both on the Web and by email subscription, it provides a way to stay informed of valuable STEM and humanities resources on the Internet.

MyOnlineTrainingHub newsletter : a particularly good source of professional advice about how to the the most out of MS Excel

Treehugger : a Canadian "modern sustainability site that offers advice, clarity, and inspiration for both the eco-savvy and the green-living novice"

Aeon Magazine : "Fine writing on philosophy, psychology, science, history and the arts" Click on the "newsletter" link

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UNC offers all students free subscription to both the New York Times and to the Washington Post until they graduate.
This is a good deal to get dependable news about everything.

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