Global health crises are also information crises: A call to action

Bo Xie; Daqing He; Tim Mercer; Youfa Wang; Dan Wu; Kenneth R. Fleischmann; Yan Zhang; Linda H. Yoder; Keri K. Stephens; Michael Mackert; Min Kyung Lee

doi:10.1002/asi.24357

Global health crises are also information crises: A call to action

Bo Xie
, Daqing He
, Tim Mercer
, Youfa Wang
, Dan Wu
, Kenneth R. Fleischmann
, Yan Zhang
, Linda H. Yoder
, Keri K. Stephens
, Michael Mackert
, Min Kyung Lee

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Abstract

In this opinion paper, we argue that global health crises are also information crises. Using as an example the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic, we (a) examine challenges associated with what we term “global information crises”; (b) recommend changes needed for the field of information science to play a leading role in such crises; and (c) propose actionable items for short- and long-term research, education, and practice in information science.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1419-1423
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology
Volume	71
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.24357
State	Published - Dec 2020

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