SLIC INFORMATION LITERACY TOOL KIT and SCHOOLS

A really interesting and positive blog post from Amanda Joykin about her project, developing an IL Toolkit. Read more about it below: https://scottishlibraries.org/about-us/news/planning-an-information-toolkit/ It’s been four months since I started work on developing the Information Literacy Toolkit and a good time to provide an update on what’s taken place so far. Putting my Info Lit […]

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Maddie is Online

Dr Konstantina (Dina) Martzoukou is an academic at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, Scotland, researching information and digital literacy.  She has been working on a cartoon video series for school children (9-12 years old) to illustrate the dangers of online bullying and teach through animation online information evaluation. ‘Maddie is Online’ #maddiesonline  is a free

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ILG Funded Project: Public library digital participation programmes – the impact on employability

Work IT was shortlisted for The Edge conference Digital Award 2019! Work IT is a flexible programme of digital support for employability offered by libraries in libraries, established in response to increased demand for job-related IT assistance.  Staff were being asked for help with setting up a Universal Credit account, making a claim or creating

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CILIPS Library and Information Professional of the Year 2019

Congratulations to Fiona Laing who is the the winner of Library and Information Professional of the Year 2019 Fiona (pictured with Michelle Elkington of sponsors Bolinda Digital), is the Official Publications Curator in Collections and Research, National Library of Scotland. The award was presented at the CILIPS Annual Conference on Monday 3rd June. Fiona has won the award for

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An investigation into Scottish teenagers’ information literacy and search skills

This valuable research work was conducted in collaboration with the IL CoP, by Morgan Harvey, David Brazier and Geoff Walton and has now been published in the journal ‘Information Research’ http://informationr.net/ir/24-1/isic2018/isic1819.html Introduction. This paper presents the results of a study investigating the information literacy and search skills of young people in Scotland. Method. The participants, secondary school pupils

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White Paper on Online Harms: blog post by Stéphane Goldstein

Hello everyone, As you might have seen, the UK Government has just published its long-awaited White Paper on Online Harms, which is available at https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/793360/Online_Harms_White_Paper.pdf . Most of this is devoted to means of combating dangerous or unacceptable online behaviour, but there’s also a chapter on media literacy, and this addresses issues that are closely

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Conceptualising the Digital University: The Intersection of Policy, Pedagogy and Practice by Bill Johnston, Sheila MacNeill & Keith Smyth

I’m delighted to announce an interesting new book, highly recommended for your library collection. “Defines the ‘digital university’ according to a more holistic and integrated account. Analyses how technology can redefine the concept of the university and extend higher education as a public good. Examines the challenges, possibilities and opportunities that digital technology and practice bring to

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How to combat misinformation and disinformation

As we go into a new year, we thought we’d remind ourselves of a some useful information on how to combat misinformation and ‘fake news’. Please add to this list as you wish. Sheila Webber’s blog http://information-literacy.blogspot.com/2018/12/who-is-fact-checking-for.html Fake News libguide is here https://libguides.lsbu.ac.uk/fakenews/home We will add more material to it as we find it.  Any suggestions as to what could or

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MIL (Media and Information Literacy) Week Event in Aberdeen

A small, but select, group of people gathered together on Halloween in The Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen to hear two presentations.  They were joined by a larger group of virtual attendees from the UK and beyond. Jacqueline Geekie, Public Libraries Representative on CILIP Information Literacy Group (ILG) shared the new definition of Information Literacy

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