this is taking a pro poor direction.. so members of this list might be interested
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> P.. the Information for Development Forum, the BCS Developing
> Countries Specialist Group and the UK National Commission on UNESCO in
> preparation for the World Summit on the Information Society are holding
> a workshop on information literacy on 12th December 2002 at 11
> Mansfield St.
>
> Paragraph 1 of the preparatory strategy for WSIS by UNESCO identifies
> information literacy as the key element of the Information Society.
> We want to identify what the British experience has been, and what we
> may say we have learned.
>
> Given the emphasis in the Globalisation and Development White Paper on
> pro- poor policies, and that DfID is the lead ministry in Britain for
> UNESCO we will wish to focus on information literacy in the context of
> pro- poor policies.
>
> Participants are invited to draft a couple of sides of A4 outlining:
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> what they consider information literacy to be or consist of,
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> some significant references they might like considered as texts of
> importance,
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> points within a scientific, educational and cultural context which they consider key,
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> who should have obligations for which components of life long
> information literacy learning,
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> and mention any works of their own which they consider illuminate their
> thinking.
>
> Facilities for exhibiting these will be available at the workshop and
> the sides will be circulated.
>
> The result of the workshop will be a report which will go to the
> orgnanising bodies in order to decide how to proceed in discussion for WSIS.
>
> The cost of the workshop will be 40 stg.
>
> This is a first draft and might be improved in the light of feedback.
>
> This email was originated by [log in to unmask] who will be the first
> point of contact.
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