Pip Divall is Clinical Librarian Service Manager at University Hospitals of Leicester (UHL) NHS Trust, and the Health representative for the Information Literacy Group. Hannah Beckitt is the Patient Information Librarian at UHL NHS Trust, a relatively new role which we have established in order to allow patients better access to information about their health, […]
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What is your role on the committee? I am the Information Literacy Group’s Deputy Chair and the LILAC conference Co-Chair When did you join and why? I have been on the LILAC committee since 2007 when the University I worked for hosted the conference, I have only just become the Deputy Chair for the IL
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The new issue of the Journal of Information Literacy (JIL) is now available. Along with the peer reviewed articles, project reports, conference updates and book reviews, you’ll find the revised CILIP definition of ‘Information Literacy’ with an explanation from Jane Secker as to why and how the Information Literacy Group worked on the revision. Access the
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“Alternative facts, Fake News, getting to the truth with Information Literacy” is the title of this year’s Western Balkan Information Literacy Conference, which is taking place in Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina from 21st – 22nd June. The key topics are: Information Literacy in the modern world Librarians as support to the lifelong learning process Media and
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This June, the 9th Creating Knowledge conference, Beyond Information Literacy: Navigating an Ever-Evolving Library Landscape, will be held in Vingsted, Denmark. The key theme running throughout the conference will be best practice, and the organisers are inviting papers that fall into one or more of the following topics: New Skills New Technologies New ways to interact
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The following post has been reposted with permission from Charlie Inskip’s Research Blog We were very happy to greet around 75 enthusiastic librarians and careers professionals from around the country to UCL on Friday 2nd Feb last week to the “On The Move: transitioning information skills into the workplace” event. We heard great talks by
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Information literacy is a key life skill for students and graduates. Understanding the disconnect between Higher Education and the professional world will help university services when preparing students for the career path ahead. On The Move is a research project, funded by the CILIP Information Literacy Group, which aims to foster engagement between stakeholders (careers staff, librarians, academic
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For Wikipedia’s 17th birthday, John Lubbock (Communications Coordinator for Wikimedia UK) has kindly provided this post, which includes news about an exciting new initiative. Wikipedia turns 17 on January 15. As the 5th most visited website in the world is vitally important that we keep trying to make sure Wikipedia is as accurate as possible.
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A volunteer team from the Western Regional Section of the Library Association of Ireland is running a 23 Things online course for information professionals. You can register to take part now and Thing 1 (creating a blog) starts on 9th September. Topics covered in later weeks include your professional brand, reflective practice and personal data management.
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To celebrate the launch of our new-look website, we are offering you the chance to win a £30 voucher for an online store of your choice. It’s simple to enter the prize draw – just tweet a link to your favourite section of our refreshed website and say why you like it, using the hashtag #ILWebsiteRefresh
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