By Elizabeth Brookbank, ILG North American Rep Book banning, driven mainly by the group Moms for Liberty (recently designated as an extremist group by the Southern Poverty Law Center), continues to be a huge headline for libraries in the U.S., especially school libraries. (See my June news round up post for more background). The number […]
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The CILIP Information Literacy Group is pleased to host an online roundtable to commemorate the UNESCO Global Media and Information Literacy Week 2023. We are excited to have two experts, from Portugal and US, to share insights on the vital topics of media and information literacy in relation to relevant topics of disinformation and fake
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Hope Williard shares her insight and experience of Open Reviews at LILAC 2023 The LILAC 2024 call for presentations opens soon, so it’s an ideal time to start thinking about your submission. In this post, Hope Williard from Utrecht University shares her experience of doing an open review at LILAC 2023 and suggests why you
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Sarah Pavey explores the link between Library Services and Student Well-being as we approach a new academic year. As the academic year begins, new undergraduates are on the cusp of stepping into the world of higher education, armed with not just academic knowledge but for a minority also a valuable skill set acquired through their
My name is Jo and I am the Further Education rep for the ILG. The college in which I work is in the process of opening a new location at a far-off site. The beauty of this for me is that I get to buy the books for the new library space. The problem is that
What are the pros and cons of an eBook first policy for our students? Read More »
If you are a Twitter user, or at least keeping half an eye on the news, you may have noticed that Twitter appears increasingly broken. Thanks to some baffling decisions by the Landlord of Mars, core functionality of the site is steadily eroding. There is also an increasing sense that it is no longer a
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Episode 4 of Chatting Info Lit is now live on Soundcloud, Apple and Spotify! In episode 4, Ella Wharton (University of Nottingham) chats with Corin Peacock (Arts University Bournemouth) about Corin’s project looking at the LGBTQ+ community and self tracking, undertaken as part of a University of Sheffield research internship. Corin talks about their experience
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Are you a new professional or student who is interested in information literacy? Would you like to become more involved with the work of the Information Literacy Group and meet other new professionals? If so, please consider applying for the ILG New Professional Committee! The New Professionals Committee has been running since 2021, and has
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What is your role on the committee?
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You may have heard about the new copyright research project: ‘Copyright Anxiety in UK Higher Education”. This is a collaborative project of Amanda Wakaruk and Celine Gareau-Brennan (University of Alberta), Chris Morrison and Rose Zhang (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), and Dr Jane Secker (City, University of London). The study aims to find out whether
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