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Response to Ernesto Priego’s blog post “A Library is Not a Library is Not a Library”

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Ernesto Priego, @ernestopriego on Twitter, recently blogged (29th March 2016) about the closure of public libraries currently happening in the UK and how he thinks librarians are needed now more than ever before. That blog post has been reposted on this site with permission. The original post can be found at: https://epriego.wordpress.com/2016/03/29/a-library-is-not-a-library-is-not-a-library/ . Jane Secker, chair […]

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New projects being funded by ILG bursaries

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The CILIP  Information Literacy Group is delighted to announce that we have funded a number of new innovative and exciting research projects – see below. Also note that the next call for project bids ends on 1st July. Please visit this website for more information: http://www.cilip.org.uk/information-literacy-group/sponsorship-and-bursaries Announcing new research projects for 2016… Prof Hazel Hall

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Call for papers: Special issue on Information Literacy: Library and Information Research

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The Library and Information Research journal has put out a call for papers for a special issue of this journal focussing on strategic and policy making issues in information literacy, both in the UK and worldwide. It is due for publication in September – October 2016.  Please see the further details below.   CALL FOR

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WILU 2015: Registration is now open!

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Registration is now open  for the 44th annual WILU (Workshop for Instruction in Library Use) conference, taking place in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada, from June 15-17, 2015. The theme of this year’s conference is Sea Change: Transforming Learning.  The conference organisers are inspired by the ideas of change, growth, and transformation, and of teaching’s role in helping to transform

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Digital Literacy…where are we now? – Newcastle University, 20th February 2015

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Digital Literacy – librarians, staff and students – where are we now? Are we supporting our own and the digital literacy of users as technology and education moves forward apace?   In the morning, Charlie Inskip (Department of Information Studies, UCL) will give us  an overview on evolving digital literacy competencies, and Sally Patalong (Coventry University)

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Critical literacy for school librarians: 25th November (afternoon), Manchester Metropolitan University

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Sarah Mcnicol will be running a free, half day workshop, 1300-1600, at Manchester Metropolitan University, on critical literacy for school librarians. Critical literacy has been described as a ‘new basic’. It is a set of skills, dispositions and strategies intended to enable students “to challenge text and life as we know it” (McLaughlin & DeVoogd).

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Webinar: Developing Digital Literacy Skills

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Developing Digital Literacy Skills A webinar with Iain Baird, Academic Librarian at Teesside University Thursday, 20th November 2014, 5:00-6:00 pm Free! Places limited to 25 On 20th November, ARLG North-East is sponsoring a free webinar hosted by Iain, in which he will share his experiences of leading a change management project to develop CPD materials

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