Welsh Information Literacy project Public Library IL Champions Training E-Safety – Digital Lives User Behaviour & Social Media IL Sources

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%. reports/cmr12/wales/ Wales also has the lowest level of coverage of the nations from all 3G operators, at little over half (52.4%)

Wales in % of 16-24s say they use the internet - compared to 25% of those aged % of 16-24s say they go online [via their mobile phones], compared to just 3% of those aged 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 10% reports/cmr12/wales/

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 * * It has since been reported that the results for Gwynedd would be 4%, closer to the national average.

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.the introductory video 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)Internet Basics Module 9: Evaluating Health Websites (PDF, 5.8MB)Evaluating Health Websites Glossary of Computer and Internet Terms for Older AdultsGlossary of Computer and Internet Terms for Older Adults (PDF, 1.5MB)

How many other examples can you suggest? Family History Research Employment Search Tax Credits Benefits Entitlements ICT Sessions Social Media Sessions Basic Skills And ……………..??

WILP Blog - WILP Twitter (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: involved/advocacy/information-literacy/pages/default.aspxhttp:// involved/advocacy/information-literacy/pages/default.aspx JISC IL groups - INFOLITERACYhttps:// INFOLITERACY New forum based in Scotland - (community of practice) IL Meets Library ( blog to support the text books!) IL Website - (great starting point) IL Blog - ( Sheila Webers blog from Sheffield ) SOS for IL - (tips for teaching IL) School Librarians - ( good ideas on embedding IL) Journal of IL - ( academic online and free ) Commoncraft - ( great instructional videos on all things Online ) Recommended IL Online Sources – For Ideas, CPD & Inspiration!

Contact the Project Officers : Gina, Pat and Síona (01492) Library & Learning Technology Service Grŵp Llandrillo Menai Rhos Campus, Llandudno Road, Rhos on Sea Conwy LL28 4HZ