A report by Jane Secker, Chair of the CILIP Information Literacy Group, on the European Conference on Information Literacy (ECIL), which took place on 19-22 October, 2015, in Tallinn, Estonia. Two weeks ago, I attended the European Conference on Information Literacy (ECIL), the third I have been fortunate enough to attend. ECIL 2015 was held in […]
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The CILIP Information Literacy Group invites you to submit papers for the Librarians’ Information Literacy Conference (LILAC) 2016. We are pleased to announce the conference is being hosted by University College Dublin, on Monday 21 March – Wednesday 23 March 2016. This year we welcome papers which address information literacy from all sectors and contexts.
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Stéphane Goldstein of InformAll provides an overview of the investigations and outcomes of the Determining the value of Information Literacy (DeVIL) project, which was funded by a CILIP Information Literacy Group research bursary. In an information-saturated, digital world, what are the benefits of employing people who are competent and confident in the way that they
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Do you have an information literacy research idea in mind and need some funding to make it happen? The CILIP Information Literacy Group provides funds of up to £10,000 per proposal for high quality research through an annual bursary scheme. This funding is to support practitioners (who are IL Group members) in producing well-framed research. Methodological strategies can
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The CILIP Information Literacy Group is pleased to announce a forthcoming “Play, Games and Information Literacy” workshop in Leeds, exploring how play and games can benefit your information skills teaching. Tickets are now available to the event on Monday, November 23rd, 2015, and are free to IL Group members! Featuring Chris Morrison, Susan Boyle, Steve Bond,
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A report by the Chair of the CILIP Information Literacy Group, Jane Secker, on the Austrian National Libraries Conference (Österreichischen Bibliothekartag), held in Vienna on September 15-18, 2015. The conference was held at the University of Vienna, which is celebrating its 650th birthday, and attended by over 900 librarians. The theme of the conference roughly translated
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Dr Jane Secker, Chair of the CILIP Information Literacy Group and Copyright and Digital Literacy Advisor at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, for her exceptional contribution to advancing the field of information literacy over the past ten years.
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Tuesday, September 8th, is International Literacy Day 2015, the aim of which is to highlight the importance of literacy to individuals, communities and societies. On International Literacy Day each year, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) reminds the international community of the status of literacy and adult learning globally. The theme of International Literacy
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Further Education is a rapidly changing world and the events organised by the Council of Learning Resources in Colleges (CoLRiC) have an important part to play supporting service managers. This year’s events, hosted in London and Birmingham, were entitled “The Edge”, with a programme that reflected the “can do” attitude of presenters and delegates alike.
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The CILIP Information Literacy Group would like to thank everyone who responded to our recent call for applications to join the committee. We had a huge response and are delighted to announce the following colleagues have now joined the committee: Treasurer: Elaine Sykes Elaine is Team Leader for Business Control at Liverpool John Moores University.
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