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Call for Papers: 2020 IFLA Congress Open Session on Information Literacy

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The IFLA LIS Education in Developing Countries Special Interest Group and the Information Literacy Section invite interested professionals to submit proposals for the open session to be held in Dublin, Ireland, on 15-22 August 2020. The theme of the session will be: “Information Literacy in LIS Programmes in Developing Countries”. There is an increasing awareness about the prospective and important […]

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Event review: Exploring the intersections of scholarly communication and information literacy

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Hannah Pyman is the Information Literacy Coordinator at University of Essex library, and attended the recent CILIP Information Literacy Group event on “Exploring intersections of scholarly communication and information literacy” in Liverpool. Hannah was the recipient of an ILG event bursary in honour of Marion Kelt and has kindly provided a review of the day.

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Information Literacy Awards 2020 launched!

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The CILIP Information Literacy Group and LILAC conference committee are pleased to announce that the Information Literacy Awards 2020 have now been launched. These prestigious awards will be presented at the LILAC 2020 conference, which is being hosted by Manchester Metropolitan University on April 6th-8th. Information Literacy Award: The CILIP Information Literacy Group is proud

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CILIP Information Literacy Group committee vacancies

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The CILIP Information Literacy Group have two exciting opportunities to join our team. We are recruiting for a new Training Officer, and a Further Education sector representative. Applicants should have experience of committee work (not necessarily with CILIP), and be based in the UK. Applicants should be members of CILIP (or willing to join). We particularly welcome

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The LILAC committee are recruiting!

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The LILAC Committee currently have an exciting opportunity to join our conference-organising team. We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to recruit into the role of Marketing & Insights Manager. For a full description and person specification for the role, please see the conference website. Applicants should be based in the UK. We particularly

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LILAC 2020: A fond farewell and new opportunities

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Giles Lloyd-Brown (Swansea University) will be stepping down from his role as Marketing & Insights Manager on the LILAC committee after the 2020 conference in Manchester. We asked him to reflect on his LILAC experiences. How did you get involved with LILAC? I first became involved with LILAC as a local representative, when Swansea hosted

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Exciting opportunity with the Journal of Information Literacy

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The Journal of Information Literacy seeks an Editor-in-Chief to manage the content, quality, and direction of the journal. Established in 2007, the journal aims to push the boundaries of information literacy thinking in theory, practice and method; and to develop deep and critical understandings of the role, contribution and impact of information literacies in everyday

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Guest post: Which way now? Supporting librarians’ skills in an ever changing landscape

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In our latest guest post, Claire Sewell, Research Support Skills Coordinator at the University of Cambridge, explores the relationship between scholarly communications and information literacy. Claire will be one of the speakers at the forthcoming CILIP Information Literacy Group event on “Exploring the intersections of information literacy and scholarly communication”, which will be hosted at Liverpool

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Event reminder: Exploring the intersections of information literacy and scholarly communication

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The CILIP Information Literacy Group are facilitating a one-day event in December 2019 that will explore the intersections of information literacy and scholarly communications, and how they both relate to the concept of openness. Event: Exploring the intersections of information literacy and scholarly communication Date: Monday, 2nd December 2019, 10am – 4.00pm Venue: Liverpool Central Library Through presentations, workshops

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RSA Durham event: Critical thinking in an age of disinformation and fake news

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CILIP Information Literacy Group Chair Jane Secker and Advocacy & Outreach Officer Stéphane Goldstein will be the guest speakers at RSA Durham’s free event on “Critical thinking in an age of disinformation and fake news’, which will take place at Ushaw College, Durham, on Monday, October 28th, 2019. Stéphane and Jane, who are both Fellows of

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