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List members may be interested to know that Ofcom is currently conducting a consultation on its strategy and priorities for fulfilling its statutory duty to promote media literacy. The consultative document is on the Ofcom website at: http://www.ofcom.org.uk/consultations/current/strategymedialit/?a=87101; the closing date for responses of 10th August 2004.
Its definition of media literacy -- "a range of skills including the ability to access, analyse, evaluate and produce communications in a variety of forms" –- overlaps strongly with information literacy.
MLA will be submitting a response, which will be published on the MLA website. Other bodies may wish to consider submitting responses too.
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Martin Nail
Information Management Adviser
The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA)
16 Queen Anne's Gate
London SW1H 9AA
tel: 020 7273 1423
fax: 020 7273 1404
email: <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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