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Abstract
Our regular Canadian correspondent, Anita Brooks Kirkland, considers the importance of digital media literacy and the role school libraries have in engaging communities. Brooks Kirkland outlines the ten principles created to guide the development of a national digital media strategy in Canada and puts forward a range of starting points that will support our profession in embracing a role in digital media literacy education in a post pandemic world.
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