Scottish Government awards SLIC Digital Participation funding
Tuesday, June 4, 2013 at 12:31PM Great news of SLIC's Digital Funding - see announcment below. Hopefully information literacy will play a key role in any of the digital initiatives.
"The Scottish Government has awarded the Scottish Library and Information Council (SLIC) additional funding to support digital participation initiatives as part of the implementation of the national digital strategy.
SLIC will receive an additional £90,000 in the next two years to support two specific digital participation projects.
The first of these will see the creation of an online resource for directing users towards digital engagement opportunities and online learning sessions, such as the IT classes offered by libraries.
This project will be based on data collected during the highly successful BBC First Click campaign, combined with resources held by SLIC.
As part of the second project, libraries will be more deeply linked to the Scottish Government Digital Participation Action Group (DPAG) through the appointment of a dedicated coordinator, working between SLIC and the Scottish Government.
SLIC Company Secretary and interim CEO, Moira Methven, said: “SLIC is delighted that the integral role of public libraries in supporting the digital participation agenda has been recognised by the Scottish Government.
“Scotland’s public libraries have an established track record in offering digital engagement opportunities and in supporting our communities – even those groups considered hard to reach – to access technology, and to experience the benefits of going online.
“SLIC is looking forward to working with colleagues in the Scottish Government and in public libraries across the country to support the implementation of our national digital strategy.”
The Scottish Government published Scotland’s Digital Future – A Strategy for Scotland in March 2011, and a progress report was published in March 2012 laying out key actions for digital participation, which have libraries at the centre.
Work is currently underway on both SLIC projects and further details will be released shortly Scottish Government awards SLIC Digital Participation funding