Calls for data literacy to deliver new national strategy
CILIP has called for data literacy to underpin the Government’s new National Data Strategy (NDS). Working with experts from the data and information management sector, CILIP responded to a consultation that will be used to formulate the national strategy. CILIP’s official response reflects the views of those key stakeholders and provides a clear vision of how a programme of data literacy can support the wider aims of a National Data Strategy. CILIP’s submission to The Department
for Culture Media and Sport consulta- tion states: “We share the Government’s belief that data creates extraordinary opportunities for social and economic development, improving people’s daily lives, creating better public services and making our enterprises more competitive. “We believe that Data and Informa- tion Literacy will be as important for our
future society as reading literacy has been for the past 100 years, helping people every- where to ‘level-up’ in a data-driven world. We are ready to work with the NDS team at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to bring forward a transformational pro- gramme promoting Data Literacy in schools, colleges and Universities across the UK.” CILIP has called for the government to ensure the final strategy:
l reinforces the data rights of the individual
l embraces Data Literacy as a future core competence
l expands the definition of ‘digital skills’ to encompass non-data roles.
A number of practical initiatives have also
been identified by CILIP, as it looks at ways to support the strategy and help it become a success. These will build on existing work or services, making use of existing knowledge and expertise.
Libraries Connected announces Ayub Khan as next President
CILIP Fellow and Past President Ayub Khan MBE has been chosen as the next President of Libraries Connected. Ayub was elected to the position in the autumn and will officially take up the role of President Elect in June 2021, before becoming Libraries Connected President a year later. Ayub is Head of Universal Services for Warwickshire County Coun- cil, he leads a team of several hundred across services that include Libraries and Communities, Museums, Culture and Arts, Registration and face-to-face contact points. He is also a trustee and Treasurer at Libraries Connected. “I am honoured to be given the oppor- tunity to help lead Libraries Connected during this critical time,” Ayub says. “Libraries have demonstrated their value repeatedly during this pandemic and I am committed to ensuring that their physical presence in the heart of local communi- ties is recognised and maintained. I also plan to encourage the continued involve- ment of the wider workforce in Libraries Connected so that we are better able to represent the whole service.” Current President Carol Stump welcomed the news of Ayub’s election, saying: “I
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know that he will work tirelessly in his new role as a powerful advocate for library and cultural services and I look forward to working with him over the coming months.” Libraries
Connected also announced
that Emma Noyce, Head of Libraries for Hampshire County Council will join the board of trustees. She will take up the role from the start of 2021, and replaces Lesley Sim who is stepping down after two years as a trustee.
Among the proposals are: piloting a scheme that would see the UK’s public libraries used as ‘data trusts’; supporting programmes of Data Literacy development in schools, col- leges and Universities, led by librarians and information professionals; and working with information professionals in the cor- porate sector to help businesses and SME build their ‘data capability’. CILIP Is also looking at how it can directly support those working with data and infor- matics – building on its position as a trusted professional association that already rep- resents information and knowledge workers. This could open up a route to Chartered status for those working in data. Anyone interested in finding out more, or being part of the developments can register an interest by emailing
denise.hawkes@cilip.org.uk. For more on the submission visit https://bit. ly/3gCxQIs.
Police warned
over date use DATA protection should be built into police force analytics projects from the start, according to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). The ICO has created a toolkit to help any police force looking at data analytics to ensure they remain within the law. The toolkit provides guidance and to the law enforcement sector, and follows an ICO project as part of its AI priority work. Anthony Luhman, ICO Director, said the toolkit would help police forces implement data analytics properly. Data analytics could be used by police forces to gauge the risk of someone com- mitting a crime, based on police-held data. The ICO has urged any force con- sidering the use of data analytics to make sure their data protection officer is involved in the project as early as possible, and to consider the data pro- tection implications of any project from the star.
Anthony Luhman added: “Any inno- vation that relies on personal data must make the time to consider data protec- tion – it’s the law but it’s also a vital step to gaining public trust and confidence in the technology and how you are using people’s data.”
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