Andrew Weiss
Andrew Weiss has been a
Digital Services Librarian at California State University,
Northridge (CSUN) since 2011. His library work focuses primarily
on scholarly communications, including institutional repository
development, open access policy, copyright, and OA journal
publishing. Current and past research interests include fake news
and misinformation, mass digitization projects, digital
libraries, and data privacy. Broadly speaking, his dissertation
will examine the ways in which certain personal characteristics
of information users may predict the sharing of fake news and
misinformation.
Proposal Title: Examination of a comprehensive model for fake news and misinformation
SJSU Supervisor: Souvick Ghosh
MMU Supervisor(s): Frances Johnson
Education:
- MLISc University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa; MA Temple University; BA Kenyon College
Current or Most Recent Position:
- Digital Services Librarian, University Library, CSUN