Natalie Greene Taylor is an assistant professor and Coordinator of the Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) program at the School of Information of the University of South Florida, USA.Karen Kettnich is Managing Editor of The Library Quarterly and lecturer in English at Clemson University, USA.Ursula Gorham is a Senior Lecturer and the Director of the Master of Library and Information Science program in the College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland, USA.Paul T. Jaeger is a professor of the College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland, USA.

• Section One: What is Democracy?Chapter 1. Actually-Existing Democracy and Libraries: A Mapping Exercise; John BuschmanChapter 2. A Right to be Misinformed? Considering Fake News as a Form of Information Poverty; Nicole A. CookeChapter 3. Facts (Almost) Never Change Minds: Libraries and the Management of Democracy-Supportive Public Perceptions; Bill CrowleySection Two: How the Information Environment Contributes to / Detracts from DemocracyChapter 4. Container Collapse and Misinformation: Why Digitization Creates Challenges for Democracy; Christopher CyrChapter 5. Fighting Fake News: The Cognitive Factors Impeding Political Information Literacy; Rajesh Singh and Kyle N. BrinsterChapter 6. Information Obstacle Course: Seeking the Right to Asylum at the US-Mexico Border; Amy DickinsonSection Three: Libraries as Virtual and Physical Spaces for DemocracyChapter 7. Beyond Fake News: Learning from Information Literacy Programs in Ukraine; Maria Haigh, Thomas Haigh, Maryna Dorosh, and Tetiana MatychakChapter 8. “Politic Talks” in Academic Libraries of the South to Address a Global Democracy Recession in the United States: An Exploratory Website Analysis; Bharat Mehra and Joseph WinberryChapter 9. Raking the Forests: Information Literacy, Political Polarization, Fake News, and the Educational Roles of Librarians; Paul T. Jaeger and Natalie Greene TaylorChapter 10. Libraries Of, By, and For the People: Reimagining Strategies to Enhance Democratic Culture within LIS Spaces and Programming; Daniela K. DiGiacomo, Shannon M. Oltmann, and Colleen Hall

Natalie Greene Taylor is an assistant professor and Coordinator of the Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) program at the School of Information of the University of South Florida, USA.Karen Kettnich is Managing Editor of The Library Quarterly and lecturer in English at Clemson University, USA.Ursula Gorham is a Senior Lecturer and the Director of the Master of Library and Information Science program in the College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland, USA.Paul T. Jaeger is a professor of the College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland, USA.

• Section One: What is Democracy?Chapter 1. Actually-Existing Democracy and Libraries: A Mapping Exercise; John BuschmanChapter 2. A Right to be Misinformed? Considering Fake News as a Form of Information Poverty; Nicole A. CookeChapter 3. Facts (Almost) Never Change Minds: Libraries and the Management of Democracy-Supportive Public Perceptions; Bill CrowleySection Two: How the Information Environment Contributes to / Detracts from DemocracyChapter 4. Container Collapse and Misinformation: Why Digitization Creates Challenges for Democracy; Christopher CyrChapter 5. Fighting Fake News: The Cognitive Factors Impeding Political Information Literacy; Rajesh Singh and Kyle N. BrinsterChapter 6. Information Obstacle Course: Seeking the Right to Asylum at the US-Mexico Border; Amy DickinsonSection Three: Libraries as Virtual and Physical Spaces for DemocracyChapter 7. Beyond Fake News: Learning from Information Literacy Programs in Ukraine; Maria Haigh, Thomas Haigh, Maryna Dorosh, and Tetiana MatychakChapter 8. “Politic Talks” in Academic Libraries of the South to Address a Global Democracy Recession in the United States: An Exploratory Website Analysis; Bharat Mehra and Joseph WinberryChapter 9. Raking the Forests: Information Literacy, Political Polarization, Fake News, and the Educational Roles of Librarians; Paul T. Jaeger and Natalie Greene TaylorChapter 10. Libraries Of, By, and For the People: Reimagining Strategies to Enhance Democratic Culture within LIS Spaces and Programming; Daniela K. DiGiacomo, Shannon M. Oltmann, and Colleen Hall

Natalie Greene Taylor is an assistant professor and Coordinator of the Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) program at the School of Information of the University of South Florida, USA.Karen Kettnich is Managing Editor of The Library Quarterly and lecturer in English at Clemson University, USA.Ursula Gorham is a Senior Lecturer and the Director of the Master of Library and Information Science program in the College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland, USA.Paul T. Jaeger is a professor of the College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland, USA.

• Section One: What is Democracy?Chapter 1. Actually-Existing Democracy and Libraries: A Mapping Exercise; John BuschmanChapter 2. A Right to be Misinformed? Considering Fake News as a Form of Information Poverty; Nicole A. CookeChapter 3. Facts (Almost) Never Change Minds: Libraries and the Management of Democracy-Supportive Public Perceptions; Bill CrowleySection Two: How the Information Environment Contributes to / Detracts from DemocracyChapter 4. Container Collapse and Misinformation: Why Digitization Creates Challenges for Democracy; Christopher CyrChapter 5. Fighting Fake News: The Cognitive Factors Impeding Political Information Literacy; Rajesh Singh and Kyle N. BrinsterChapter 6. Information Obstacle Course: Seeking the Right to Asylum at the US-Mexico Border; Amy DickinsonSection Three: Libraries as Virtual and Physical Spaces for DemocracyChapter 7. Beyond Fake News: Learning from Information Literacy Programs in Ukraine; Maria Haigh, Thomas Haigh, Maryna Dorosh, and Tetiana MatychakChapter 8. “Politic Talks” in Academic Libraries of the South to Address a Global Democracy Recession in the United States: An Exploratory Website Analysis; Bharat Mehra and Joseph WinberryChapter 9. Raking the Forests: Information Literacy, Political Polarization, Fake News, and the Educational Roles of Librarians; Paul T. Jaeger and Natalie Greene TaylorChapter 10. Libraries Of, By, and For the People: Reimagining Strategies to Enhance Democratic Culture within LIS Spaces and Programming; Daniela K. DiGiacomo, Shannon M. Oltmann, and Colleen Hall