Academic Law Libraries’ New Frontier–The Post Truth Cognitive Bias Challenge and Calls for Behavioral and Structural Reforms

Abstract

This article recognizes the escalated concerns surrounding the post-truth phenomenon as it has robustly played out. Post-truth has been an emerging impetus and catalyst for another level of cognitive bias distorting information behavior, and the reasoning process, of the general public. The article highlights the functional vulnerability of academic law libraries to the post-truth challenge and explores their new frontier in the data-driven era. The article suggests that academic law libraries endeavor to implement behavioral and structural reforms. Thus, it maintains that academic law libraries should play the reoriented and reshaped role of information activists and they should consider technological renovation, inter alia blockchain application, for enhanced Integrated Library System design.