Nominations are now open for the Information Literacy Award 2017 (sponosored by CILIP ILG and the National Library of Wales). Independent Library Consultant Gayner Eyre has been one of the many distinguished experts invited to judge this prestigious award during the past few years. We asked Gayner to offer some practical advice and tips to […]
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The CILIP Information Literacy Group are delighted to launch a series of 3 webinars and we are partnering with an expert team from the United States, from the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) in this series of webinars exploring the Intersections between Scholarly Communications and Information Literacy. These webinars will be free to
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The 2017 information literacy awards are now open for nominations. The Student Award entitles 2 students to full places at the LILAC conference. Anna Theis (Teaching and Learning Assistant, University of Manchester) was one of last year’s winners. She describes the personal and professional benefits of attending this prestigious event. I was so delighted to
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The next Information Literacy Journal Club discussion is taking place this Thursday 2nd February, starting at 8pm. The chosen article is Student perspectives: redesigning a research assignment handout through the academic literacies model by Alison Hicks, which was published in the Journal of Information Literacy last year. Here is the abstract of the article, taken from https://ojs.lboro.ac.uk/ojs/index.php/JIL/article/view/PRA-V10-I1-2: This study
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Tuesday 7th February will see #uklibchat‘s enthusiastic community of library and information professionals discuss all things ‘information literacy’. #uklibchat is a monthly discussion group that takes place on Twitter from 6.30 to 8.30pm (UK time), using the Twitter account @uklibchat and the hashtag. For the interested but apprehensive first-timer, lurkers are also welcome to #uklibchat!
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The CILIP Information Literacy Group is pleased to offer the second webinar in this year’s series to support our annual conference, LILAC. Ever considered nominating colleagues or yourself for one of the three prestigious information literacy (IL) awards presented annually at the LILAC conference? If so, this informal webinar is for you! This year’s awards
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The CILIP Conference will be held in Manchester on the 5th and 6th July 2017. The call for papers is open! The CILIP Conference attracts Library and Information Professionals from across the UK and overseas, from a wide range of sectors from Public to Health and Academic to Government. The Conference aims to inspire audiences,
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The Library and Information Research Journal has recently published a special issue on strategic and policy making issues in information literacy. Papers include topics on information literacy and dyslexia and information literacy and political participation. See the table of contents and links to to the full-text of papers at http://www.lirgjournal.org.uk/lir/ojs/index.php/lir
What is your role on the committee? I am the Further Education Representative for the CILIP Information Literacy Group. When did you join and why? I joined the group in October 2015. I had just completed my first year in post in South Essex College, where I lead the Learning Resources team. I developed an interest
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Nominations are invited from all sectors for the prestigious Information Literacy Awards 2017, which will be presented at the Librarians’ Information Literacy Annual Conference (LILAC) in Swansea on April 11th, 2017. Established in 2008, these prestigious awards honour those special people who are making a significant contribution to information literacy within any sector. Information Literacy Award This award,
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