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Strength at The Edge: Information Literacy at the CoLRiC summer events 2015

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Further Education is a rapidly changing world and the events organised by the Council of Learning Resources in Colleges (CoLRiC) have an important part to play supporting service managers. This year’s events, hosted in London and Birmingham, were entitled “The Edge”, with a programme that reflected the “can do” attitude of presenters and delegates alike. […]

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CILIP IL Group committee appoints new members

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The CILIP Information Literacy Group would like to thank everyone who responded to our recent call for applications to join the committee. We had a huge response and are delighted to announce the following colleagues have now joined the committee: Treasurer: Elaine Sykes Elaine is Team Leader for Business Control at Liverpool John Moores University. 

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CILIP Information Literacy Group Committee vacancies

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We’re recruiting! The CILIP Information Literacy Group (ILG) Committee has two new vacancies, which offer a great opportunity to become more involved with the work of the Group, learn new skills, network, and help advocate for information literacy. All roles are voluntary and, if you’re not already a member of ILG, you would need to join in order to

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Developing a Blended Learning Skills Programme: Workshop in Belfast

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Following on from two excellent events in Manchester and London, The CILIP Information Literacy Group are reprising the “Developing a Blended Learning Skills Programme” workshop, this time in Belfast. The event will be delivered by Jennie Blake and Jade Kelsall, who worked together on the design and development of the University of Manchester’s award-winning My Learning Essentials programme. Event:

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CILIP Information Literacy Group Committee vacancies

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We’re recruiting! The CILIP Information Literacy Group Committee has a number of vacancies, which offer a great opportunity to become more involved with the work of the Group, learn new skills, network, and help advocate for information literacy. All roles are voluntary and you must be a member of ILG to apply. Please send us your CV

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“Librarians developing digital literacies” event – book now!

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Event: Librarians developing digital literacies Venue: Hadyn Ellis Building, Cardiff University, Cathays Park, Cardiff. CF24 4HQ. Date: Friday, July 17th, 2015, 10:00-16:00 A free event (refreshments and lunch provided) kindly sponsored by CILIP Cymru Wales and the CILIP Information Literacy Group. We are pleased to invite you to attend this exciting event organised by librarians from Wales Higher Education Libraries

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CILIP IL Group sponsors place on new Leadership Programme

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The CILIP Information Literacy Group is delighted to be sponsoring a place on CILIP’s new Leadership Programme, which has been designed to create additional leadership capacity both within the profession and within the CILIP membership. The recipient of our sponsorship, Claire Sewell, explains why she applied for the programme, and how she hopes to benefit from

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A canny conference: LILAC 2015

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Sam Aston, LILAC committee member and Teaching and Learning Librarian at the University of Manchester, provides a short summary of this year’s conference. The Librarians’ Information Literacy Annual Conference (LILAC) took place in Newcastle, or “The Toon” to those that live there, on April 8-10, 2015. Not only did we receive a very warm welcome from Newcastle

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IL Group at the CILIP Conference 2015

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This year’s CILIP Conference takes place on 2nd-3rd July in Liverpool, and representatives from the Information Literacy Group will be attending the conference and running a stand. One of the conference strands is devoted to Information Literacy, and the keynote speakers include: professor and author R. David Lankes; author, journalist and activist Cory Doctorow; and human rights

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