Invitation to the Information Literacy Symposium

Information Literacy in Scotland: Challenges & Opportunities

Friday 13th February 2015, Scottish Government, 5 Atlantic Quay, 150 Broomielaw, Glasgow G2 8LU 

The Right Information, the Scottish Information Literacy Community of Practice and Scottish Library and Information Council, invite you to attend a symposium at the Scottish Government Offices on 13th February 2015 to examine the relevance of the term in relation to health, education, housing, employability and welfare reform.  

We would be delighted if you could join us to hear these stimulating speakers and network with colleagues across various disciplines and sectors who are working towards closing the information poverty gap.

The Symposium is free to attend, however places are limited. If you wish to book a place, please complete the short booking form at https://slic.formstack.com/m/?1909203-rdaczhVOcG

Booking will close on Friday the 30^th January 

Programme

09.30     Registration & refreshments 

10.00     Welcome and Introduction - Colin Cook, Head of Digital Strategy and Programmes, Scottish Government & Amina Shah, CEO, SLIC

10.15     Information Literacy - John Crawford, Co-Founder, The Right Information Community of Practice

10.45     Information Literacy & the SQA - Hilary Weir, Digital Literacy and Enhancement Manager, SQA

11.15     Information Literacy & Young People - Kirsten Urquhart, Information Services Manager & Hilary Kidd, Digital Academy Manager, Young Scot

11.45     Discussion – Information Literacy & Young People 

12.15     Lunch

13.00     Information Literacy in the Voluntary Sector - Sally Dyson, Head of Digital Participation, SCVO

13.30     Information Literacy in the Health Sector - Blythe Robertson, Policy Manager, person-centred Self-Management, The Scottish Government & Christine Hoy, Primary Care Development Manager, Health & Social Care Alliance Scotland

14.00     Tea/coffee Break

14.15     Information Literacy & Welfare Reform - Gregory Colgan, Head of Corporate Debt and Welfare Reform, Corporate Services Department, Dundee City Council

14.45     Information Literacy & the Housing Sector - Evelyn McDowall, Business Solutions Leader, The Wheatley Housing Group 

15.15     Discussion –Information Literacy for an inclusive society

15.45     Closing remarks 

 I've booked my place and really looking forward to what should be a great event.

Health sessions help people online

I came across a small item of news in last month's CILIP Update about an initiative at York Libraries 'helping people living in the city find information about health matters'. What's great about this piece of news is that

'the NHS Helath Online sessions have been taking place in a number of the city's libraries, offering not just access to accurate health information but also teaching the skills needed to find it'.

This is great news and the sort of exemplar I was looking for my book chapter Information literacy in health management. As the article says 'combining information literacy training with the sessions should help equip those attending with skills they need to search independently in the future.'

Well done to York Libraries.

Crawford, J., Irving, C. (2013). Information literacy and lifelong learning: Policy issues, the workplace, health and public libraries Cambridge, UK: Chandos Publishing