In May this year, I was really pleased to join an Erasmus+ study visit to Bergen, Norway. It was organised by the Norwegian government agency, Diku, with the aim of exploring “the roles and work of public libraries relating to inclusion and learning”. It drew together participants from 16 European countries, and I was one […]
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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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
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
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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Following on from the DCMS Committee enquiry into Disinformation and Fake News a new sub-committee has been formed to create a standing programme of works. There are useful links at the end of this publication to related reports during this Parliament. Originally added by Fiona Laing
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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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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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This note from the European Parliament offers links to recent commentaries and reports published by international think tanks on ‘fake news’ and broader related issues. Originally added by Fiona Laing
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This report was produced by the CILIP Information Literacy Group. More information can be found on their webpage Sign up for the groups monthly newsletter. Originally added by Fiona Laing
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