The annual LILAC conference is upon us, and unfortunately this writer won’t be attending. I’ve been perusing the programme like a kid looking through a misted toyshop window, wiping away the condensation from the glass with my woollen mittens and wishing I was inside, warm and overwhelmed with the options of wooden railways, licenced figurines […]
Outside Looking In: What I’ll Miss At LILAC 2026 Read More »
The University of Liverpool’s Libraries, Museums and Galleries is set to host an international online conference, bringing together experts, educators and researchers from around the world to explore the rapidly evolving landscape of Artificial Intelligence. The AI Online Conference 2026, delivered via Microsoft Teams from 9am to 4.45pm BST (UTC+1) on Friday 24 April, 2026 will feature contributions
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Thank you to UCL for providing our first sponsored blog post of the LILAC 2026 season! Over the last year, I have been taking ice-skating lessons. Now that I have progressed beyond the beginner stage (though you will still not be seeing me in a Spice Girl outfit à la Lilah Fear anytime soon, much
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The final blog in our Top Tips for Health Teaching series considers teaching reflective practice. This was one of the presentations at our Knowledge Sharing Workshop event in September 2025, presented by Bethan Morgan, Librarian at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. Teaching reflective practice I have been teaching reflective practice for around 4 years. I
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After their recent project report, “Reflection as a means to assess information literacy instruction”, published in the December 2025 issue of the Journal of Information Literacy, Natalia Kapacinskas, Veronica Arellano Douglas, Erica Lopez, and Mea Warren share a project report update with us. Our Teaching & Learning department at the University of Houston Libraries has
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The next blog in our Top Tips for Health Teaching series considers critical appraisal training. This was one of the presentations at our Knowledge Sharing Workshop event in September 2025, entitled “How I shed my armbands and began to enjoy swimming in the critical appraisal activities pool!” and outlines the experiences of Sarah Gardner, Clinical
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Episode Twelve of Chatting Info Lit is now live on SoundCloud, Apple and Spotify!) “No matter what it is, find the core bit of you and use that, put that forward”. In Episode 12, Chatting Info Lit speaks to Amelia Haire (Senate House Library, Neurodivergent Library and Information Staff Network). Amelia joins the podcast to
CILIP Members’ Fest 2026 is just a few weeks away, offering a free, open‑access programme of online events running from 2–6 March. With over 30 sessions available, the festival brings together professionals from across the library and information community for a week of sector insights, skills development, discussions, and networking opportunities. The programme is open
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Would you like to have a chat with a fellow colleague in the library world? After successfully running this event before, the Information Literacy New Professionals group are accepting participants for our again. This is a great chance to network, and connect with the wider library community. To sign up, please follow this link: https://forms.gle/Y8x4ZCqWH56BbTAW7 If
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Episode 11 of Chatting Info Lit is now live on Soundcloud, Apple and Spotify! “I guarantee you, you have a perspective that is valuable”. In Episode 11, Laura Woods (PhD student at the University of Sheffield, Co-chair of the Information Literacy Group Committee) joins the podcast to promote action learning sets at this year’s LILAC
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