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Cantwell-Jurkovic\u003Cbr>Colorado Mesa University, [lcantwell@coloradomesa.edu](lcantwell@coloradomesa.edu)\u003Cbr>Heather F. Ball\u003Cbr>St. John's University, [ballh@stjohns.edu](ballh@stjohns.edu)\u003Cbr>Follow this and additional works at: [https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/comminfolit](https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/comminfolit)\u003Cbr> Part of the Higher Education Commons, and the Information Literacy Commons\u003Cbr>Let us know how access to this document benefits you. |  |\n\nRecommended Citation  \nCantwell-Jurkovic, L. P., & Ball, H. F. (2023) . Truth or Consequences: Academic Instruction Librarians as Information Literacy and Critical Thinking Activists. Communications in Information Literacy, 17 (2), 378–406. [https://doi.org/10.15760/comminfolit.2023.17.2.4](https://doi.org/10.15760/comminfolit.2023.17.2.4)  \nThis open access Research Article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons AttributionNonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA 4 .0) . All documents in PDXScholar should meet accessibility standards. If we can make this document more accessible to you, contact our team.  \nTruth or Consequences: Academic Instruction Librarians as Information Literacy and Critical Thinking Activists  \nLaureen P. Cantwell-Jurkovic, Colorado Mesa University Heather F. Ball, St. John’s University  \nAbstract  \nThe graphic edition of Snyder’s On Tyranny (2021) states \"truth dies in four modes,\" which is a contemporary synthesis connected to Klemperer's Language of the Third Reich (1957) . The researchers connected these four modes to information literacy (IL) instruction—but would others? The researchers surveyed academic librarians engaged in IL instruction on whether they felt they addressed any of the modes in their work. The researchers also asked whether they believe the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education works to circumvent any of the four modes. Nearly 150 librarians responded and, while most respondents were unfamiliar with the two texts referenced and their thoughts were mixed, many saw their work and the Framework as antagonistically related to Mode 1 (Open Hostility to Verifiable Reality) . This paper discusses survey results and their implications for better understanding of how academic librarians engaged in IL instruction view their work in a socio-political context.  \nKeywords: information literacy, academic library instruction, activism, critical thinking, Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education  \nCantwell-Jurkovic, L. P., & Ball, H. F. (2023) . Truth or consequences: Academic instruction librarians as information literacy and critical thinking activists. Communications in Information Literacy, 17(2), 378–406.  \nTruth or Consequences: Academic Instruction Librarians as Information Literacy and Critical Thinking Activists  \nThe Polish Protestant philosopher Victor Klemperer kept a diary during and after the rise of Hitler, Nazism, the Third Reich, and World War II (WWII). Within his diary, he developed a theory of language—language he considered the “breeding ground” for much of what occurred (Klemperer, 1957/2013, p. 2)—which he later published as The Language of the Third Reich: Lingua Tertii Imperii: A Philologist’s Notebook (often referred to by the Latin initials, LTI) (Farrell, 2021). Based on the work of Klemperer, Timothy Snyder established four “modes” by which “truth dies” within his book (2017) and subsequent graphic novel (2021) On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century. Among these twenty lessons are such chapters as “Be reflective if you must be armed,”“Make eye contact and small talk,”“Learn from peers in other countries,”“Be as courageous as you can,” and “Listen for dangerous words.” (Chapters, or lessons, are","cbCailLT1i4vGs5n","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCailLT1i4vGs5n","pdf",383438,"English","# Abstract\n## The four modes of “truth dies”\n## Survey of academic librarians and results\n## Implications for information literacy instruction","[{\"question\":\"What are the four modes of “truth dies” discussed in the paper?\",\"answer\":\"The paper describes Mode 1 as Open Hostility to Verifiable Reality, followed by Shamanistic Incantation, Magical Thinking, and Misplaced Faith. 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