Marie-Louise Ayres and Cathie Warburton join us to discuss the unique role libraries can play in democratic society.

What can libraries do to strengthen democracy? 

How can libraries democratise access to information across polarised media, and digital and cultural divides? 

And how can we improve civics education while combating misinformation and disinformation? 

On this episode of Democracy Sausage, Dr Marie-Louise Ayres and Cathie Warburton join Professor Mark Kenny to discuss libraries, misinformation and democracy. 

Dr Marie-Louise Ayres is the Director-General of the National Library Australia. She was a member of the executive team responsible for Trove, which digitises collections from Australian libraries, universities, museums, galleries and archives. 

Cathie Warburton is the CEO of the Australian Library and Information Association. 

Mark Kenny is the Director of the ANU Australian Studies Institute. He came to the University after a high-profile journalistic career including six years as chief political correspondent and national affairs editor for The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Canberra Times
 
Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, Google Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. We’d love to hear your feedback on this series, so send in your questions, comments or suggestions for future episodes to democracysausage@anu.edu.au. 

Top image: The National Library of Australia. Photo: N Kijbunchoo/shutterstock.com

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