My name is Jo and I am the Further Education rep for the ILG. The college in which I work is in the process of opening a new location at a far-off site. The beauty of this for me is that I get to buy the books for the new library space. The problem is that […]
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Laura Woods, Deputy Chair of the CILIP Information Literacy Group, has provided some reflections about her experience at LILAC 2023. Last week, librarians from around the world descended upon the University of Cambridge to discuss and celebrate information literacy. It was the annual LILAC conference, always the highlight of my professional year! I am extremely
Alison Hicks, Editor of the Journal of Information Literacy, is pleased to announce the shortlist and the inaugural awardees for the Journal of Information Literacy’s Ross Todd Outstanding Research Paper and Outstanding Research Project. This is a new award designed to honour the contributions that Dr Ross Todd made as Board Member of the Journal
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The ILG New Professionals Sub-committee will have an even greater presence at LILAC 2023 and we hope to meet lots of other new professionals, especially those who might be attending LILAC for the first time. We will have a stand at the conference and will be organising a meet up for new professionals in the
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The first episode of Chatting Info Lit is available to listen to now! In our first episode, Ella Wharton (University of Nottingham) chats to Katie Wise (Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust), about the importance of health literacy. Katie also talks about Conversations of Care, a communication training project developed at Royal Berkshire Hospital. Other topics
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The Journal of Information Literacy is recruiting for a new Book Review Editor. This is an exciting time to join JIL as we migrate to a new journal hosting platform. The full position description is below. The role is voluntary and estimated to take 4-6 hours/month. Training will be provided! Please send expressions of interest of
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In our latest ILG sector rep post, Further Education Rep Jo Lapham follows up on a previous post she wrote about ways to improve information literacy offerings in FE. As a library manager at an ever-expanding multi-campus further education college, my working days are beyond busy, but mid-way through Spring term, I started to find
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