What is your role on the committee? I am the Further Education Representative for the CILIP Information Literacy Group. When did you join and why? I joined the group in October 2015. I had just completed my first year in post in South Essex College, where I lead the Learning Resources team. I developed an interest […]
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Nominations are invited from all sectors for the prestigious Information Literacy Awards 2017, which will be presented at the Librarians’ Information Literacy Annual Conference (LILAC) in Swansea on April 11th, 2017. Established in 2008, these prestigious awards honour those special people who are making a significant contribution to information literacy within any sector. Information Literacy Award This award,
Information Literacy Awards 2017 – now open for applications! Read More »
Eleanor Johnston, Academic Skills Librarian at Staffordshire University, has kindly provided a report on the recent Library TeachMeet event hosted by Staffordshire University Library and sponsored by the CILIP Information Literacy Group. Staffordshire University Library TeachMeet: “Accessibility in Libraries – an Information Literacy Approach” On 14th December 2016, Staffordshire University hosted a Library TeachMeet at the Stoke
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Bookings are now being taken for LILAC 2017, the Librarians’ Information Literacy Annual Conference, which this year is being hosted by Swansea University from 10th-12th April 2017. Places at the conference are currently available at a discounted early bird rate. Please note that the early bird rate is only available until 10th February – find out
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The call for papers for the Innovation, Inspiration and Creativity Conference (i2c2) 2017 is open! The next i2c2, to be held in Scarborough, North Yorkshire in November 2017, will be a three-day conference of inspiring each other to innovate and be more creative in our libraries. The conference promises talks, workshops, fun and games galore.
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Blog post by Geoff Walton, Stéphane Goldstein and Emma Coonan, on behalf of the CILIP Information Literacy Group False news is everywhere in this post-truth world – We say, don’t be taken in; it’s time to question, question, question everything you read, see and hear. The most popular new word for 2016 is “post-truth” (according
“Post-truth” – a new disruptive phenomenon? Read More »
The latest issue of the Journal of Information Literacy, the international, peer-reviewed, open access journal of the CILIP Information Literacy Group, has just been published. As ever, it includes the latest in IL research, including a study on health literacy and two articles focusing on specific HE subject areas – Business and Education, and Nursing
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Tinder Foundation, a charity that supports digitally and socially excluded people to improve their lives through digital, has undergone a name change and is now known as “Good Things Foundation”. The CILIP Information Literacy Group has recently developed fruitful collaborations with Good Things Foundation, including the organisation of two events focused on digital inclusion and developing digital literacies. From October
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The CILIP Information Literacy Group is now offering a number of bursaries to attend the Librarians’ Information Literacy Annual Conference (LILAC), which will take place at Swansea University from April 10th-12th, 2017. The ever-popular bursaries to the LILAC Conference are on offer once more, so if you would like to join a few hundred of your Information Literacy allies
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Staffordshire University Library are hosting a free Library TeachMeet event on the theme of “Accessibility in Libraries – an Information Literacy Approach” on Wednesday, 14th December, 2016. The event, sponsored by the CILIP Information Literacy Group, offers a great opportunity to share new ideas with colleagues from other institutions. Participants should be prepared to think creatively, discuss enthusiastically and leave inspired. Event: Accessibility in
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