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Welsh Information Literacy project
Public Library IL Champions Training
E-Safety – Digital Lives
User Behaviour & Social Media IL Sources
http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/research/cmr/cmr12/Media_Lit_annex.pdf
Wales in 2012
March 2012
Wales had the lowest household availability of superfast broadband services (34%) across the UK nations.
However, 20% of homes in Wales were mobile-only, five percentage points higher than the UK average of 15%.
http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/market-data-research/market-data/communications-market-reports/cmr12/wales/
Wales also has the lowest level of coverage of the nations from all 3G operators, at little over half (52.4%).
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2 http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/research/cmr/cmr12/Wales_5.pdf
Wales in 2012
95% of 16-24s say they use the internet - compared to 25% of those aged 75+
67% of 16-24s say they go online [via their mobile phones], compared to just 3% of those aged 65+
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1 http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/research/cmr/cmr12/2012_metrics_bulletin.pdf
Wales has the highest adoption of e-readers in the UK. Just over one in ten (13%) adults in Wales had an e-reader in the first quarter on 2012, greater than the UK average of
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2 http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/market-data-research/market-data/communications-market-reports/cmr12/wales/
http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/research/cmr/cmr12/Media_Lit_annex.pdf
Activities to embed IL Instruction and Training in services for Library Users
Only 2% of respondents in Wales had used the
Internet in a Library
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* It has since been reported that the results for Gwynedd would be 4%, closer to the national average.
http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/research/cmr/cmr12/2012_metrics_bulletin.pdf
Helping Users – IL Everyday – Online Shopping
Helping Users – IL Everyday – Financial Literacy
Helping Users – IL Everyday – Health Information
Helping Older Adults Search for Health Information Online:
A Toolkit for Trainers
1.Watch the introductory video to find out what the toolkit is all about.2.Browse the lesson plans and download those that fit your students' skill levels, time limitations, and interests.3.Check out the training tools and download tips on setting up a senior-friendly classroom, recruitment flyers, and more.
Lesson Plans – For beginning students with little computer experience:Module 1: Internet Basics (PDF, 4.6MB)Module 9: Evaluating Health Websites (PDF, 5.8MB)Glossary of Computer and Internet Terms for Older Adults (PDF, 1.5MB)
http://nihseniorhealth.gov/toolkit/toolkit.html
http://www.wales.nhs.uk/healthtopics
http://www.nhsdirect.wales.nhs.uk/
How many other examples can you suggest?
Family History ResearchEmployment SearchTax CreditsBenefits EntitlementsICT SessionsSocial Media SessionsBasic SkillsAnd ……………..??
WILP Blog - http://library.wales.org/informationliteracy/blog/
WILP Twitter - @welsh_info_lit (check the ‘following’ list for other great IL Tweeple) Twitter Hashtags to follow - #infolit #digilit #jiscdidgilit #uklibchat
LinkedIn - check out Library and IL in the Groups tab
CILIP - IL now a specialist interest group: http://www.cilip.org.uk/get-involved/advocacy/information-literacy/pages/default.aspx JISC IL Email groups - https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=LIS-INFOLITERACY
New forum based in Scotland - http://www.therightinformation.org/ (community of practice)
IL Meets Library 2.0 - http://infolitlib20.blogspot.co.uk/ (blog to support the text books!) IL Website - http://www.informationliteracy.org.uk/ (great starting point)
IL Blog - http://www.information-literacy.blogspot.co.uk/ (Sheila Webers blog from Sheffield) SOS for IL - www.informationliteracy.org (tips for teaching IL)School Librarians - http://heartoftheschool.edublogs.org/ (good ideas on embedding IL)
Journal of IL - http://ojs.lboro.ac.uk/ojs/index.php/JIL (academic online and free)Commoncraft - http://www.commoncraft.com/ (great instructional videos on all things Online)
Recommended IL Online Sources – For Ideas, CPD & Inspiration!
Contact the Project Officers : Gina, Pat and Síona
(01492) 542342
@welsh_info_lit
http://library.wales.org/informationliteracy/
Library & Learning Technology ServiceGrŵp Llandrillo MenaiRhos Campus,Llandudno Road,Rhos on Sea ConwyLL28 4HZ