My name is Jo and I am new to the ILG, having been swooped on whilst attending LILAC at Easter. I think they were desperate! I am the Library manager – official, rather wordy, title is Team Leader for Learning Services (Resources) – at Truro and Penwith College in Cornwall, where I split my time […]
How can we improve our information literacy offerings in Further Education? Read More »
I’ve recently been reading about the concept of toxic positivity, which is the assumption that we should always maintain a happy and optimistic outlook on life (Goodman, 2022). Emerging from the idea that thinking and acting positively can improve mental health by grounding us or encouraging gratitude, positivity has been critiqued for becoming toxic when
In this blog post, Laura Woods, Deputy Chair of the CILIP Information Literacy Group, has been thinking about the current cost of living crisis and whether academic libraries can help students during these challenging times. She provides her own thoughts on this issue and encourages readers to share their own ideas. In the UK, we
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This post by Dr Peter Cruickshank, Dr Bruce Ryan, and Marina Milosheva (Edinburgh Napier University) has been republished with permission from MILA. The original post is available on the MILA website. We are proud to announce the release of the results of a review of literature on information literacy (IL) impact. We believe it is the
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What is your role on the committee? I am the North American Representative. When did you join and why? What do you do in your committee role? What is your day job? What are your other interests?
Meet the ILG Committee: Elizabeth Brookbank, North American Representative Read More »
The bad news is that the original venue at the Museum of Natural History will not be ready for Icepops on 8 September. The good news is that the organisers have secured a new venue – the Newman Room at the University of Oxford Catholic Chaplaincy – which has a bigger capacity. Therefore bookings have
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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 for a year now,
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The New Review of Academic Librarianship is an international journal that publishes reviews, research, critiques and exemplar case studies on substantive topics relevant to those providing library and information services to academic communities. The themed issue for 2023 will be Diversifying, decentring and decolonising academic libraries in which we hope to cover the broad topic
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Health Information Week is here again, from 4 July to 10 July. The campaign is national and multi-sector, aimed at promoting high quality health and wellbeing information for the general public. Its project team includes the Patient Information Forum (PIF), NHS Health Education England, NHS Scotland, NHS Wales, The Reading Agency and Libraries Connected. The
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The latest issue of the Journal of Information Literacy, the international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal of the CILIP Information Literacy Group, is now available. The full contents of volume 16, issue 1 are listed below, with direct links to the articles: Editorial A difference that matters: Disability activism, scholarship and community Alison Hicks Research articles (peer-reviewed articles)
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