Thank you to UCL for providing our first sponsored blog post of the LILAC 2026 season! Over the last year, I have been taking ice-skating lessons. Now that I have progressed beyond the beginner stage (though you will still not be seeing me in a Spice Girl outfit à la Lilah Fear anytime soon, much […]
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The final blog in our Top Tips for Health Teaching series considers teaching reflective practice. This was one of the presentations at our Knowledge Sharing Workshop event in September 2025, presented by Bethan Morgan, Librarian at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. Teaching reflective practice I have been teaching reflective practice for around 4 years. I
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After their recent project report, “Reflection as a means to assess information literacy instruction”, published in the December 2025 issue of the Journal of Information Literacy, Natalia Kapacinskas, Veronica Arellano Douglas, Erica Lopez, and Mea Warren share a project report update with us. Our Teaching & Learning department at the University of Houston Libraries has
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The next blog in our Top Tips for Health Teaching series considers critical appraisal training. This was one of the presentations at our Knowledge Sharing Workshop event in September 2025, entitled “How I shed my armbands and began to enjoy swimming in the critical appraisal activities pool!” and outlines the experiences of Sarah Gardner, Clinical
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Episode 11 of Chatting Info Lit is now live on Soundcloud, Apple and Spotify! “I guarantee you, you have a perspective that is valuable”. In Episode 11, Laura Woods (PhD student at the University of Sheffield, Co-chair of the Information Literacy Group Committee) joins the podcast to promote action learning sets at this year’s LILAC
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What is your role in the Committee? I am a member of the Information Literacy Group’s sub-committee for New Professionals. When did you join and why? I joined in August 2025. Although I have worked in libraries for 25 years, I only recently moved into a professional librarian role in February 2024. I have taken
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The next blog in our Top Tips for Health Teaching series looks at a case study from Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. This was one of the presentations at our Knowledge Sharing Workshop event in September 2025 and focused on how we at Berkshire Healthcare Library and Knowledge Service have had to adapt and evolve
From FEW to FAF: evolution of our searching training and teaching the Hub Read More »
Information Literacy, data and evidence removal in the US on Thu 26 Feb 2026 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM https://www.tickettailor.com/events/cilipinformationliteracygroup/2014393 During the US government shutdown in October and November of last year, many of us saw the notice on the PubMed website warning that information on the site may not be being updated. For many
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Nominations for the 2026 Information Literacy Award open in the new year. The award is open to all practitioners, researchers and academics working in the information literacy field in the UK, both individuals and teams, and recognises excellent practice. You can nominate colleagues or self-nominate, so why not start thinking about which person, team, project or initiative
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I am sure you will all join us in welcoming the new Associate Editors of the Journal of Information Literacy! In this blog post, Yucong, Sarah, Yvonne, and Charlotte tell us a little bit about themselves, their professions, and their interests. Congratulations and good luck to you all! Yucong Lao I am an Associate Editor
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