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Bookbugs digital future
Whilst at the Information Literacy Forum last year I enjoyed meeting and chatting with Ruth Grindley, Early Years Digital Projects Manager with the Scottish Book Trust. Ruth was telling me about the development of a new digital strand to the...
Critical digital literacy: ten key readings for our distrustful media age
Reposted from the London School of Economics and Political Science Blog Originally added by Fiona Laing
Fake news and real people
The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism held focus group discussions in Finland, Spain, the UK and the US. Here’s what people said about fake news – and more. Originally added by Fiona Laing
Global Alliance for Partnerships on Media and Information Literacy The
IFLA now encourages its members to engage in discussions on media and information literacy worldwide. They have produced a guide for those interested in drawing more attention to the key role libraries play. Originally added by Fiona Laing
Literacy matters portal
The Literacy Matters! portal is for teachers, librarians and researchers to use advocacy and research purposes on the importance of literacy and reading. It is collated and maintained by the Western Australian School Library Association (WASLA). The links and resources are...
SQA Digital Learning Guides
SQA Digital Learning Guides SQA has developed a suite of Digital Learning Guides. The guides help people who don’t have the digital skills and confidence to carry out every day online activities. The guides are free to use. There...
Inquiry into fake news: the CILIP ILG response
Reposted from CILIP ILG April 20, 2017 Stéphane Goldstein, Advocacy and Outreach Officer of the CILIP Information Literacy Group and Executive Director of InformAll, outlines our recent submission to the inquiry into fake news that is being conducted by the House of Commons...
Fake news and the librarian’s duty of care
From Infomation Today Europe 31st March 2017 Originally added by Fiona Laing
IPRA 2017 – Winner – Dr Jane Secker
Dr Jane Secker was nominated by Emily Shields. She is the winner of the Informed Peer Recognition Award 2017, recognising her significant contribution and her activities as an exceptional information professional. The text of her nomination is below. “I would like...
Presentation at ECIL2017
Scotland was well represented at the recent ECIL2017 conference, with myself, John Crawford, Bill Johnston and Kirsten McCormick (hope I got that right Kirsten!) all in attendance. I was presenting the highlights from a book chapter I have written which...