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Lost literature and textual technologies: Panel discussion and podcast launch

​​​​​​The launch of ANU’s new podcast To Be Continued, uncovering lost literary fiction in Australian newspapers digitised by Trove.

Publishing the anti-colonial struggle with Dr Angelique Stastny

Dr Angélique Stastny presented a lecture on her 2021 National Library Fellowship research about anti-colonial activist publications in Australia and the Pacific.

Canberra's Biggest Book Club

Canberra Writer's Festival Artistic Director, Beejay Silcox, talked about the festival and the inaugural meeting of Canberra’s Biggest Book Club. 

Captain Thunderbolt’s Recital

Jane Jolly, illustrated by Liz Duthie

Media and information literacy

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A resource for educators teaching digital and/or media literacy in their classrooms. 

Defining literacies

Topic

Media, information and digital literacy, by their most basic definitions, relate to a person’s skills and ability to locate, create, use and engage critically with information in a range of formats.

Why do we need these skills?

Topic

We interact with information in a vast array of forms from any number of sources every day. It is becoming increasingly apparent that, to fully participate, navigate and thrive in the modern world, people need the skills and abilities to engage critically with information presented to them.

Where to start?

Topic

Information is all around us, every day. Regardless of whether we are looking for the information or having it presented to us unexpectedly, it is easy to become overwhelmed by the amount of data we are exposed to.

Art: The Death of Cook

Topic

Within the Treasures Gallery in the Library hangs a large oil painting in a gilded frame. The artwork was painted in 1781 by British artist George Carter (1737–1795). It is titled Death of Captain Cook.

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