dear all.. this is the state of play at the moment
more will follow.. but expressions of interest and intention to
participate in email to me please.. we intend to finish the day with a
reception and the group agm..
so a desire to become more involved in the workings of the group would
be a powerful incentive :)
>
> 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:
>
> what they consider information literacy to be or consist of,
>
> 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,
>
> who should have obligations for which components of life long
> information literacy learning,
>
> 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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