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Facts Matter

CILIP and the Information Literacy Group have launched a neat and nifty infographic on making informed political decisions, as part of the #FactsMatter initiative. This is intended to help with making informed choices, combating misinformation and supporting evidence-based voting in the UK General Election, on 8 June 2017. To be shared widely!

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16 May 2017

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  • stephgold7Sté[email protected]@stephgold7·

    Interesting to know how many of those 462k claimants were helped specifically by library staff. Figures from this FoI request don't detail that, but there are good examples of library supporting claimants/jobseekers, eg @StirlingCouncil libraries https://t.co/AsQ42Pj1DN

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    stephgold7Sté[email protected]@stephgold7·

    1/2 Cairncross review on sustainable future for journalism contains important ideas on media literacy, incl recommendation that UK govt should develop a media literacy strategy, to identify gaps in provision & opportunities for collaborative working https://t.co/qcSpAiYk2j

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    stephgold7Sté[email protected]@stephgold7·

    Thoughtful & insightful speech today by @tom_watson, Labour Party Deputy Leader, on need to reform digital market. Much emphasis on legal, regulatory & business solutions, but could have said more about education & media/information literacy #infolit
    https://t.co/5rkx6cRnu9

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    stephgold7Sté[email protected]@stephgold7·

    Nature Climate Change article: climate science increasingly undermined by misinformation & erosion in public trust, but there is a basis for strategies to combat this, using public inoculation, legal & political approaches & financial transparency https://t.co/5s5Gr2ex7F

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    stephgold7Sté[email protected]@stephgold7·

    Well done to @Elizabethutch for setting out incisive questions to examine role of librarians in schools & their relationship with teachers; and for undertaking a small qualitative survey on that basis - really valuable insights! #infolit https://t.co/bLrlHl7fs5

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