The Journal of Information Literacy (JIL), the peer-reviewed open access journal published by the CILIP Information Literacy Group, is looking to appoint two copy editors. The role is voluntary but very rewarding, working with a friendly, enthusiastic team. You can find out more about what it involves by reading the copy editor role description. “Copy-editing for […]
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Last month I was fortunate enough to win a travel bursary to attend the Connecting People, Connecting Ideas (CPCI) research symposium at Edinburgh Napier University. Organised by colleagues at the Centre of Social Informatics at Edinburgh Napier, the symposium provided an opportunity for those with research interests in Information Science to come together and consider
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The CILIP Information Literacy Group (ILG) Committee has two new vacancies, which offer a great opportunity to become more involved with the work of the Group, learn new skills, network, and help advocate for information literacy. All roles are voluntary and, if you’re not already a member of ILG, you would need to join in order to take up the post. Role
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The Public and Mobile Libraries Group (PMLG) and Health Libraries Group (HLG) have joined forces to organise a workshop on ‘Health Literacy Skills and Partnership Working for Public and Health Libraries’. The provision of access to health information has become a key to public libraries. This event will provide practical advice and hands-on sessions aimed at supporting health
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George Smith, Graduate Library Assistant at Aberystwyth University Library, has kindly provided a report on their recent Library TeachMeet event, which was hosted by the University and sponsored by the CILIP Information Literacy Group. Aberystwyth Library TeachMeet: “Information Literacy in the Age of Fake News” This year’s theme at the Aberystwyth LibTeachMeet was “Information Literacy in the Age of
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Dr Beth Hall, Research Support Librarian at Bangor University, has kindly provided a report on the recent TeachMeet event hosted by Bangor University and sponsored by the CILIP Information Literacy Group. Bangor University TeachMeet: Librarians Supporting the Research Lifecycle, May 2017 The Welsh Higher Education Libraries Forum (WHELF) Research Group, with sponsorship from the CILIP Information Literacy
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The CILIP Conference 2017 will take place in Manchester on July 5th and 6th, with information literacy a prominent theme at this year’s event. On day one of the conference, Jane Secker, Chair of the CILIP Information Literacy Group (ILG)< and Senior Lecturer at City University, London, and Chris Morrison, Copyright and Licensing Compliance Officer, University of Kent, will
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CILIP Information Literacy Group Chair, Jane Secker, together with LILAC Co-Chair Lisa Jeskins, and Chris Morrison are helping Learning On Screen (the new name for the British Universities Film and Video Council (BUFVC)) to carry out some research to better understand the needs of the education sector with regards to copyright and audiovisual material. The e-CHARM
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The feature conference for this year’s Global Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Week will take place in Jamaica from 24th to 27th October. The theme is “Media and Information Literacy in Critical Times: Re-imagining Ways of Learning and Information Environments”. The call for papers is now open, with a submission deadline of 15th July. Global MIL Week takes place
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We are delighted to report that the Lost in information? Syrian new Scots’ information literacy way-finding practices project, funded by a research bursary from the CILIP Information Literacy Group, has recently been completed. The project leaders, Dr Konstantina Martzoukou and Professor Simon Burnett from Robert Gordon University, have already presented on the preliminary research findings at
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