Announcement

Icepops: International Copyright Literacy Event – Bookings now open!

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Bookings are now being taken for Icepops (International Copyright-Literacy Event with Playful Opportunities for Practitioners and Scholars), a brand new copyright education conference launched by the UK Copyright Literacy team and the CILIP Information Literacy Group. Icepops will be run as a satellite event to the LILAC conference in April 2018. The day will include keynote speakers, a world café, an […]

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New issue of Journal of Information Literacy

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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, has just been published. As ever, it includes the latest in IL research, including an investigation of school library staff perspectives on teacher information literacy and collaboration, and a study into how the mixing of campus based

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Research

Call for case studies and research methods for IL website

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Now we are a couple of months into the new Information Literacy website design, please take some time to check out some of our new content. The Researching section contains lots of useful information in relation to funding opportunities; research projects (funded through ILG); research opportunities in universities within the UK and Ireland that offer

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Bursaries available for LILAC 2018 – apply now!

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The CILIP Information Literacy Group and LILAC committee are pleased to announce that we are offering 4 free LILAC 2018 conference places for librarians working in the following sectors in the UK: Schools Further Education Public Health (e.g. NHS – please note; librarians working in Higher Education who support health subjects are not eligible to apply) Your

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Research

Spotlight on research: The effectiveness of information literacy training in different formats

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A systematic review, published in September this year, has found compelling evidence that information literacy training is effective and well received across a range of delivery formats. Below, Dr. Alison Weightman of Cardiff University gives us a summary of the conclusions drawn from the systematic review, the full results of which were recently published in Evidence Based

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Event

Icepops: International Copyright-Literacy Event with Playful Opportunities for Practitioners and Scholars

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The UK Copyright Literacy team and CILIP Information Literacy group have launched a brand new copyright education conference! Icepops (International Copyright-Literacy Event with Playful Opportunities for Practitioners and Scholars) will be run as a satellite event to the LILAC conference next year. The day will include keynote speakers, a world café, an opportunity to play

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Deadline

LILAC Call for Papers: deadline approaching

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Have you submitted your LILAC abstract yet? This year LILAC 2018 will be taking place from 4th-6th April 2018 in Liverpool and will be hosted jointly by librarians at The University of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores University. LILAC welcomes proposals which address information literacy from all sectors and contexts. This year we have a

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Bursaries for LILAC 2018 – call for applications now open!

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The Librarians’ Information Literacy Annual Conference (LILAC) takes place at the University of Liverpool between 4th and 6th April 2018. 4 free conference places are being offered for librarians working in the following sectors: Schools Further Education Public Health (eg: NHS – please note; librarians working in Higher Education who support health subjects are not eligible to apply)

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#GlobalMILWeekGames – Using Games in Teaching – Last day of the Twitter competition!

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To be in with a chance of winning some prosecco and chocolates tweet a picture of you using games in your teaching, using the hashtag #GlobalMILWeekGames. The last day for entry is tomorrow, 1st November 2017. Winners will be announced on Friday 3rd November. This is a great way to share your practice with others and

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