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IFLA Information Literacy Section: Call for papers for open sessions

Leave a Comment / News / Emily Selvidge / 28/02/2019

The call for papers is now out for open sessions for the Information Literacy Section at the IFLA World Congress which is being held in Athens, Greece between 24th and 30th August 2019. The theme this year is Information Literacy in Context: Research Informing Practice and Practice Informing Research. Suggested topics for papers are: – Frameworks, guidelines […]

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Guest post: On being mindful on the information we create

Leave a Comment / Interviews / Emma Burnett / 20/02/2019

In this guest post, Sarah Pavey talks about her personal experience of disinformation. Have you ever told a little white lie? Hands up who hasn’t! Have you ever told a little white lie in order to make yourself look better in the eyes of others? Be honest! Mostly this has no consequence, however these days

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Meet the CILIP IL Group Committee: Jonas Herriot

Leave a Comment / Interviews / Emma Burnett / 18/02/2019

What is your role on the committee? I am taking over the role of Treasurer for the ILG and LILAC groups. When did you join and why? In 2016 I ended up winning the public library bursary to attend LILAC when it was held in Dublin, a conference which not only changed the way I

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Meet the CILIP IL Group Committee: Sarah Pavey

Leave a Comment / Interviews / Emma Burnett / 15/02/2019

What is your role on the committee? I am one of two school representatives – the other being Rebecca Jones When did you join and why? I have attended most of the LILAC conferences over the years and have always enjoyed promoting the need for information literacy in schools through presentations there and networking. I wanted

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Let’s play!: new journal and early bird bird registration for Playful Learning Conference

Leave a Comment / News / Emma Burnett / 14/02/2019

We have two exciting playful learning news items for you! Firstly, a new Diamond Open Access journal has just been launched that welcomes contributions from playful IL people! The Journal of Play in Adulthood covers topics including the role of play in learning, work, our social and cultural lives, the benefits to individuals and society, and the

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Ofcom event – ‘Making sense of the Media’

Leave a Comment / Event reviews 2019 / IL website administrator / 04/02/2019

Stéphane Goldstein, Advocacy and Outreach Officer for the CILIP Information Literacy Group (ILG), has kindly provided a report on the recent Ofcom Children’s Media Literacy event following the publication of Ofcom’s annual Children and Parents: Media Use and Attitudes report. Every year, Ofcom organises an event to present the findings of its annual round of research and

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LILAC draft programme announced and early bird deadline approaching!

Leave a Comment / Events / Emily Selvidge / 31/01/2019

A reminder that bookings are currently being taken for LILAC 2019, with the early bird rate only available until 2nd February 2019. The bookings for LILAC will close on Wednesday 3rd April 2019. The Librarians’ Information Literacy Annual Conference will be hosted at the University of Nottingham between 24th-26th April 2019. A draft programme for the

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Announcing the Rowena Macrae-Gibson Student Award

Leave a Comment / News / Emma Burnett / 30/01/2019

The CILIP Information Literacy Group announces the Rowena Macrae-Gibson Student Award. The world of libraries lost a dedicated, hard-working and passionate librarian in October 2017, who served on the CILIP Information Literacy Group Committee for several years, most recently as our Deputy Chair. In recognition of Rowena’s commitment to the library profession and her championing

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Survey on media & information literacy and quality journalism

Leave a Comment / News, Research / Georgie Broad / 23/01/2019

The Council of Europe is currently conducting a survey that is looking for examples of activities and projects that promote media and information literacy (MIL) skills linked to quality journalism. Ofcom, the UK’s communications regulator, are encouraging those of you who know of, or are responsible for, such projects to respond to the survey if

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PressEDconf19

Leave a Comment / Events / Emma Burnett / 18/01/2019

PressEDconf19 is a WordPress conference which happens only on Twitter. This year the conference is happening from 10AM (UTC) to 10PM (UTC) on April the 18th. They are looking for as many people who would like to attend, but are also seeking submissions! Anyone (be it at any educational organisation – not just universities) using

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IFLA Information Literacy Section: Call for papers for open sessions

Guest post: On being mindful on the information we create

Meet the CILIP IL Group Committee: Jonas Herriot

Meet the CILIP IL Group Committee: Sarah Pavey

Let’s play!: new journal and early bird bird registration for Playful Learning Conference

Ofcom event – ‘Making sense of the Media’

LILAC draft programme announced and early bird deadline approaching!

Announcing the Rowena Macrae-Gibson Student Award

Survey on media & information literacy and quality journalism

PressEDconf19

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