Yes many thanks. Also do you know whether there will be any mention of qualified school librarians in relation to the implementation recommendations? Karen On Sun, 29 Jul 2018, 2:53 pm Geoff Walton, <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi Stephane, > > Many thanks for the heads up and synopsis. Do you know whether we can > contribute to the second report or is it a done deal? > > Best wishes, > > Geoff > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On 29 Jul 2018, at 13:10, Stéphane Goldstein <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > > Dear all, > > > > You might have seen that the House of Commons Digital, Culture, Media > and Sports Committee has just published its long-awaited preliminary report > on disinformation and fake news; see > https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201719/cmselect/cmcumeds/363/363.pdf > . This follows from a lengthy inquiry (to which the CILIP Information > Literacy Group made a submission) that has been running for a year and a > half. > > > > Importantly, the report includes a chapter on what it terms digital > literacy - although in reality this equates largely to information > literacy. The chapter, which focuses heavily on social media, states at the > outset that "Children, young adults, and adults—all users of digital > media—need to be equipped in general with sufficient digital literacy, to > be able to understand content on the Internet, and to work out what is > accurate or trustworthy, and what is not". It goes on to recommend that, as > an integral part of the school curriculum, digital literacy should become > the fourth pillar of the education process, alongside reading, writing and > maths. > > > > It is good that these issues are recognised in a weighty and > authoritative publication - although perhaps inevitably, the findings on > digital literacy are somewhat crowded out by the report's more > attention-grabbing chapters on areas such as data targetting in > election/referendum campaigns and Russian interference in the electoral > process. > > > > A second report is expected in October, although it's not entirely clear > yet what this will cover, or whether it will expand on what the preliminary > report says about digital literacy. You can keep up to speed with > developments on the Committee's web page at > https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/digital-culture-media-and-sport-committee/inquiries/parliament-2017/fake-news-17-19/ > . > > > > Best wishes, > > > > Stéphane > > > > Stéphane Goldstein > > Executive Director > > InformAll > > 39 Esmond Road > > London NW6 7HF > > > > tel: +44 (0)7913 464393 > > email: [log in to unmask] > > Skype: stephanegoldstein > > Twitter: stephgold7 > > website: www.informall.org.uk > > > > To unsubscribe or change your settings please visit > www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lis-infoliteracy > "Before acting on this email or opening any attachments you should read > the Manchester Metropolitan University email disclaimer available on its > website http://www.mmu.ac.uk/emaildisclaimer " > > To unsubscribe or change your settings please visit > www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lis-infoliteracy > > To unsubscribe or change your settings please visit www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lis-infoliteracy