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.

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全球健康危机也是信息危机：行动呼吁

在本文中，我们认为全球健康危机也是信息危机。以 2019 年冠状病毒病 (COVID‐19) 流行病为例，我们 (a) 研究与我们所说的“全球信息危机”相关的挑战；(b) 建议信息科学领域在此类危机中发挥主导作用所需的变革；(c) 为信息科学的短期和长期研究、教育和实践提出可操作的项目。