Hi Ruth,
A response from Cilip to the original Digital Britain interim report can be
found here http://www.cilip.org.uk/policyadvocacy/responses/consultations2009
It outlines well the position of libraries stating quite eloquently the
following: "Many, if not most, of our members fall into the category of
having “Digital Economy Skills” and all have “Digital Work Skills”. We
believe that our members are already addressing and working with many of the
issues set out in the Interim Report and that the skills and knowledge
represented within our membership, the value system underpinning our work
and our reach across the UK economy put us in an excellent position to be
harbingers of change and contributors to a Britain that is not only
digitally enabled but also a successful knowledge economy." pp1.
More specifically on the topic of Information Literacy it quotes the CILIP
definition of IL (pp10), and there is mention of IL initiatives in Bradford
and Newcastle public libraries (pp11).
The response is to an interim report, a point well made, as there are many
omissions in the original report (covered and corrected in the main by
CILIP's response). The final report is due summer 09 - an opportunity then
for more responses perhaps?
CILIP closes its response with a request for it to be invited to the
'Digital Britain' Summit which was held April 17th - the proceedings of
which can be found here http://digitalbritainforum.org.uk/
I am not aware whether CILIP was invited, gate-crashed or indeed attended
the event.
regards
Ronan O'Beirne
Bradford College
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