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Employability LibTeachMeet 28th Nov at Swansea University Bay Campus

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The WHELF (Welsh Higher Education Libraries Forum) Learning and Teaching Group are holding a LibTeachMeet on the theme of ’employability’ on Monday 28th November at Swansea University’s new Bay Campus. Lunch and refreshments will be provided by sponsorship from the CILIP Information Literacy Group. Attendees will have an opportunity to take a tour of Swansea […]

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Jane Secker’s Keynote at ALT-C

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Last month the Information Literacy Group‘s Chair, Dr Jane Secker, gave a keynote presentation at the Association for Learning Technology Conference (ALT-C). It was about copyright and e-learning, and covered themes such as information literacy, information privilege and the rights we have to use information and ideas from others. It drew much praise at the conference and it

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An opportunity for public libraries to demonstrate their role in digital inclusion

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With thanks to Sharon Wagg from the Tinder Foundation for this post. Libraries have a key role to play in digital inclusion, and can help us reach the furthest first. To do so, however, digital inclusion needs to move up agendas, out of dark corners, into the 21st Century, and most importantly – into the

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Information and Digital Literacy – a new postgraduate module for 2016 at Northumbria University

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The Information Literacy Group’s LIS rep, Dr Geoff Walton, has sent us details of a new information and digital literacy module being offered at Northumbria University from this September. A new module for a new programme – MSC Information Science (Library Management) at Northumbria University, starting this September. This new module will enable postgraduate students

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Report on Aber TeachMeet 2016

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Ellie Downes, Graduate Library Trainee at Aberystwyth University, reports on a successful TeachMeet, which was sponsored by the CILIP Information Literacy Group. The 2016 Aber LibTeachMeet held at Aberystwyth University was a great success. The subject of this get together was ‘How do libraries make you more employable?’ one of the hot button topics faced

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