The Librarians’ Information Literacy Annual Conference (LILAC) committee currently have two exciting opportunities to join the team, either in the role of Administrative Support Officer or Sponsor Relations Manager. We are looking for dynamic and innovative individuals to join our enthusiastic team, helping us develop and build upon our successful conference. Applicants for the LILAC committee posts […]
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The deadline for LILAC 2017 abstract submission has been extended, and the call for papers will now close on Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016 (17:00 GMT). LILAC 2017 will be hosted by Swansea University from April 10th-12th, 2017. LILAC is a great opportunity for IL professionals to present their ideas, share best practice and showcase new thinking in
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Kirsten McCormick, a librarian at Glasgow Life public libraries, was the recipient of a CILIP Information Literacy Group bursary to attend the European Conference on Information Literacy (ECIL), which is taking place this week at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic. Kirsten has provided us with a short report reflecting on her experiences at this key event in the international IL calendar.
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Come and join us! We currently have a vacancy on the CILIP Information Literacy Group committee. We’re inviting people to apply for the role of Marketing and Communications Officer. We want to recruit a dynamic and innovative individual to lead on marketing and communications for the CILIP Information Literacy Group. The CILIP IL Group is entering
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Chris Morrison, Copyright and Licensing Compliance Officer at the University of Kent, is to present a webinar on Copyright the Card Game on Thursday, October 12th, 2016, as part of the Elsevier Library Connect webinar series. The session is entitled ‘Trends in Teaching Information Literacy’ and will also feature presentations by information literacy experts Katy Kavanagh Webb
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Chris Morrison, Copyright and Licensing Compliance Officer at the University of Kent, and Jane Secker, Copyright and Digital Literacy Advisor at LSE and Chair of the CILIP Information Literacy Group, introduce a game they have designed to help academics, researchers and PhD students understand the scholarly communication process. The Publishing Trap was a runner-up at
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Kathryn Ballard, Information Librarian at Southampton Solent University, introduces a game that she has designed to encourage participants to evaluate information sources. The CRAP! Game was a runner-up at LILAC 2016‘s popular Lagadothon event. UPDATE 25/11/16: Professionally designed versions of the CRAP! Game cards are now available for you to download and use. LILAC 2016
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What is your role on the committee? I am the Treasurer for the CILIP Information Literacy Group and the LILAC Conference. When did you join and why? I joined the committee in June 2015. One of the reasons that I joined was to help contribute to the wider library and information management community and
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Andrew Walsh, Academic Librarian at the University of Huddersfield and Training Officer for the CILIP Information Literacy Group, tells us about some exciting developments with his “Escape rooms for learning” idea, which was first unveiled at LILAC 2016‘s Lagadothon event. Since winning the Lagadothon with “Escaping the Induction”, I’ve been working on my prototype, which
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Do you help to deliver a library or information service and have recently carried out research? Perhaps it was in the field of information literacy? If so, you might be interested in applying for a new Library and Information Science Practitioner Researcher Excellence Award that has recently been launched by CILIP’s Library and Information Research Group. The LIS
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