Online Harms - Media Literacy Survey - deadline Friday 17th January

Media Literacy Landscape Mapping Exercise 

The UK Government committed to developing an online media literacy strategy in the Online Harms White Paper, published in April 2019. As part of this the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport have appointed a consultancy, RSM UK, to undertake a comprehensive mapping exercise to identify what actions are already underway.

The consultancy has developed a framework to record and characterise the media literacy initiatives available to UK users and is in the process of populating this framework to help DCMS understand the nature of the initiatives and any gaps in provision.

If you represent an organisation that provides or funds any media literacy initiatives to users in the UK, it would be very helpful if you could complete this brief survey. 

The link below will take you to an online questionnaire, designed using SmartSurvey, that will ask some questions about the issues that you are trying to resolve, your target user groups, and delivery methods.

https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/MediaLiteracy

The survey will ask you a few questions about your organisation as a whole. You will then have the chance to describe the individual media literacy initiatives that you provide.

The survey should take no more than 15-30 minutes depending upon the number of media literacy initiatives that you describe.

If you have any queries about how to complete the survey, please email matt.rooke@rsmuk.com and amy.hau@rsmuk.com. The survey will remain open until Friday 17 January and any queries will be responded to in time to complete the survey.

Many thanks

Jenny Foreman (Scottish Government Library)

CILIP Information Literacy Group events for Global Media Info Literacy Week

 As part of UNESCO's Global Media and Information Literacy Week (24 – 31 October 2018), CILIP ILG is coordinating three events with Library and Information departments at three UK universities.

With free events taking place in London, Manchester and one led by IL CoP member, Jacqueline Geekie in Aberdeen, please join in for networking, lively discussions of the new CILIP Information Literacy definition and a range of talks, highlighting emerging directions for IL research and practice in a range of contexts.

1. Global Media and Information Literacy Week 2018: Emerging directions for IL research and practice (UCL)https://www.eventbrite.com/e/global-media-and-information-literacy-week-2018-emerging-directions-for-il-research-and-practice-tickets-50526471035

UCL Department of Information Studies on Monday October 29th 2018 (6pm - 8pm).

A range of talks from Jane Secker, Charlie Inskip and recent UCL Library and Information Studies Masters' graduates, highlighting emerging directions for IL research and practice in a range of contexts.

2. MMU: Global Media and Information Literacy Week 2018: Information literacy – an antidote to fake news? (MMU) https://www.eventbrite.com/e/copy-of-global-media-and-information-literacy-week-2018-information-literacy-an-antidote-to-fake-tickets-50745941477

Manchester Metropolitan iSchool on Thursday October 25th 2018 (5.30pm – 7.30pm).

Geoff Walton and guests will discuss the latest research which addresses this question.

3.  Global Media and Information Literacy Week 2018: Digital competencies for digital citizenship: an emerging agenda for students, academics and libraries in partnership. (Aberdeen)https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/global-media-and-information-literacy-week-2018-digital-competencies-for-digital-citizenship-rgu-tickets-50950639735

N204 (Meeting Room) in Sir Ian Wood Building of Robert Gordon University on Wednesday 31st October (4.30 – 6pm).

Dina Martzoukou will talk on Digital competencies for digital citizenship and Jacqueline Geekie will share the New Definition of Information Literacy and the work of the Information Literacy Group.

CILIP ILG 

Posted by Jenny Foreman, Scottish Government Library

Call for Papers- Western Balkan Information Literacy Conference June 17th-20th 2015 Bihać, Bosnia & Herzegovina.

Western Balkan Information Literacy Conference
JUNE 17th-20th 2015  Juni na Uni 2015. - Hotel "Opal" Bihać, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Conference website:http://www.wbilc2015.kbbi.ba/en/

The theme is: Information & media literacy for lifelong learning: digital citizenship for a digital age. 

"In this Information Age the rise of digital and social media tools has brought with it some amazing innovations and immense challenges. The challenge to achieve information literacy (IL) in this information rich society is vital for lifelong learning and allows us to capitalise on the diverse and often overwhelming range of information choices which we have been confronted with by the power of the Internet. This great power has forced all of us to develop strategies for confronting issues concerning accessibility, reliability, authenticity and validity as well as information overload. Information Literacy is a vital transferable skill for lifelong learning in both formal and informal learning environments throughout people's lifetimes. Information literacy facilitates active citizenship of individuals. Information literacy prepares people for lifelong learning because it enables them to find the information they need for any task or decision at hand. In helping to provide and expand access to information, helping to facilitate full participation in Society- our role is crucial. We must prepare for a Society full of Information, prepare for Digital Citizenship for a Digital Age."

Main Themes are:

A. Information literacy in the modern world

B. Librarians as support to the lifelong learning process

C. Media and information literacy – theoretical approaches (standards, assessment, collaboration, etc.)

D. New aspects of education/strategic planning, policy, and advocacy for information literacy in a digital age.

Sounds like a busy conference with lots of relevant themes and topics - look forward to hearing more about it. 

Submissions in any of the following forms are accepted:
• Full paper to be published in conference proceedings
• Presentation
• Roundtable discussion
• Poster session
• Train-the-trainers workshop
• PechaKucha

Important Dates
Paper submission deadline May 15, 2015
Notification of acceptance May 30, 2015
Dissemination of final programme June 02, 2015
Deadline for authors to submit slides June 04, 2015

For further information and additional details see the Western Balkan Information Literacy Conference website at:http://www.wbilc2015.kbbi.ba/en/