In April, two members of the ILG New Professionals subcommittee attended the 3 day LILAC conference in Manchester. Katie Wise and Frankie Marsh discuss what they enjoyed, learned and will take away from the conference. What was your favourite thing about LILAC? Frankie: My favourite thing was meeting and talking to people in person! For …
LILAC 2022: Reflections from the New Professionals subcommittee Read More »
An interesting opportunity has arisen via the Media and Information Literacy Alliance (MILA) to undertake a comprehensive review of information literacy from 2005 onwards. Please read on for further details. This post has been republished with permission from MILA and the original post is available on the MILA website. The Media and Information Literacy Alliance …
Call for proposals: Information literacy and society Read More »
In our latest blog post, Sarah Pavey, the School Libraries representative for the CILIP Information Literacy Group, talks about current ways that are normally used to teach fake news and instead suggests that a flipped approach is best. We may settle down and watch the latest episode on television of members of the public delving …
Is this a genuine article…….and how would we know? Read More »
The CILIP Information Literacy Group joins the Journal of Information Literacy (JIL) and the wider information literacy and school library community in grieving the loss of JIL editorial board member, Dr Ross Todd, who passed away earlier this week. Ross has been a member of JIL’s editorial board since the journal’s inception in 2007, and …
In this guest blog post, Darren Flynn, Academic Liaison Manager, Library and Learning Services at the University of Northampton, talks about assigned systematic reviews in a higher education and allied health setting. This post is an expansion of Darren’s thoughts that he first expressed in a Twitter thread. Over recent years it’s become increasing common …
How might literature-based studies work better for academics, students and librarians? Read More »
This is a reminder that the deadline for early bird bookings for LILAC 2022 is Friday 11th February 2022. LILAC is an information literacy conference in the UK, organised by the CILIP Information Literacy Group. In 2022 the conference is being held at Manchester Metropolitan University, 11th-13th April 2022 inclusive. You can find out more about the …
LILAC 2022 Reminders: Early Bird Bookings and Information Literacy Award Read More »
In this blog post, Alison Hicks, the CILIP Information Literacy Group rep for Higher Education and LIS, talks about an article she inadvertently found that she related to both personally and professionally and her thoughts on how diverse learners are represented within models of information literacy. During my sabbatical this spring, I read an article …
Speaking our truths: honouring diverse learners within models of information literacy Read More »
In this blog post, Pip Divall, CILIP Information Literacy Group’s Health Libraries rep, reflects on her own information literacy practice while working in the NHS in the role of Clinical Librarian Service Manager. Working in the NHS is an ever-changing environment and my original reasons for becoming a librarian were because I bore easily, so …
Reflecting on my own information literacy as a health knowledge specialist Read More »
Please join us in this wonderful IFLA World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) session with four outstanding speakers worldwide! This event is entirely online. IFLA Information Literacy Section Program Session at WLIC 2021 (Stream 3) When: 18 August 2021, 20:45 -21:30 BST (Click here to see the date/time of the session in your local time …
In this blog post, the CILIP Information Literacy Group’s Public Libraries Rep, Jacqueline Geekie, comments on conspiracy theories. She talks about how she attended a focus group run by Sense about Science and introduces some resources from this organisation that offer advice on how to talk with people about conspiracy theories. We are living …
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