The latest issue of the Journal of Information Literacy, the international, peer-reviewed, open access journal of the CILIP Information Literacy Group, has just been published. As ever, it includes the latest in IL research, including an investigation of school library staff perspectives on teacher information literacy and collaboration, and a study into how the mixing of campus based […]
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The CILIP Information Literacy Group and LILAC committee are pleased to announce that we are offering 4 free LILAC 2018 conference places for librarians working in the following sectors in the UK: Schools Further Education Public Health (e.g. NHS – please note; librarians working in Higher Education who support health subjects are not eligible to apply) Your
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Katie Nicholas, Knowledge Officer at Health Education England, has kindly provided a report and her personal reflections on the Health Information Study Day that took place in Leeds on July 10th, 2017, as part of Health Information Week. The free event was open to all library knowledge service staff working in healthcare and public library services
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Dr. Tracy Dix of the Leicester Learning Institute introduces her winning entry at LILAC 2017’s popular Lagadothon event. The Harvard Referencing Game was created to help users engage with what is often seen as a very dry subject. Her prototype adapted the 1980s arcade game ‘Frogger’, with each book representing an element in a reference, such as author’s name, year
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We have all been shocked and deeply saddened by the news that Rowena Macrae-Gibson, our friend and Deputy Chair of the CILIP Information Literacy Group (ILG), died on Friday 6th October. Nick Poole paid tribute to her at the CILIP AGM on Thursday night. In addition to all the work she did for the ILG,
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The LILAC Committee and CILIP Information Literacy Group are pleased to announce that the call for papers for the 2018 Librarians’ Information Literacy Annual Conference (LILAC) is now open. LILAC 2018 will be taking place from 4th-6th April 2018 in Liverpool, and will be hosted jointly by librarians at The University of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores University. LILAC welcomes
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Welcome to the new-look Information Literacy website! We’ve been working hard over the last few months to give the site a fresh look and feel, while continuing to expand the content. We’d love to hear what you think about the changes we’ve made! You can contact us directly with your feedback or suggestions about the
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The CILIP Information Literacy Group (ILG) Committee currrently has two vacancies, which offer a great opportunity to become more involved with the work of the Group, learn new skills, network, and help advocate for information literacy. Please note that the deadline for receipt of applications is Friday, August 11th, 2017. All roles are voluntary and, if you’re not already a member of
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A short summary by Sharon Wagg, PhD researcher at Loughborough University, of highlights from the i3 Conference, which was held at Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen in June 2017. I was invited to represent Loughborough University at the Information: interactions and impact (i3) 2017 conference, which took place at Robert Gordon University on June 27–30, 2017. This is
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What is your role on the committee? I’m the Editor-in Chief of the Journal of Information Literacy (JIL), which is the CILIP Information Literacy Group’s journal. My job is to keep the ILG committee updated about how the JIL Editorial Board is managing the journal. And I’m notorious for having used the word “rhizomatic” in
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