Open Practice survey: deadline today!

As librarians who teach information literacy, we all spend a considerable amount of time developing our learning resources. As a profession, we are brilliant at sharing good practice with others and learning from our colleagues when preparing teaching sessions.  But have you ever considered getting inspiration from, or using outright, other teachers’ materials?  Open educational […]

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Research

How can we be information literate about health?

Dr. Marc Forster, Health Sector Representative on the CILIP Information Literacy Group committee, discusses “health literacy” and how to recognise reliable sources of information. With a vast wealth of information on health and medical care and conditions available on the web, how can we deal with it effectively and successfully? Whether a medical professional, a person

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Research

Information Literacy Journal Club: Thursday, 21st July 2016

The Information Literacy Journal Club is an online discussion group focusing on information literacy and other aspects of user education. Everyone is welcome to participate, whether you are a current student of ILS, an established information professional or just generally interested in the subject area. The Club’s next online blog-comment meeting will take place at 12pm UK

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Event

Information and Digital Literacy – a new postgraduate module for 2016 at Northumbria University

The Information Literacy Group’s LIS rep, Dr Geoff Walton, has sent us details of a new information and digital literacy module being offered at Northumbria University from this September. A new module for a new programme – MSC Information Science (Library Management) at Northumbria University, starting this September. This new module will enable postgraduate students

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Report on Aber TeachMeet 2016

Ellie Downes, Graduate Library Trainee at Aberystwyth University, reports on a successful TeachMeet, which was sponsored by the CILIP Information Literacy Group. The 2016 Aber LibTeachMeet held at Aberystwyth University was a great success. The subject of this get together was ‘How do libraries make you more employable?’ one of the hot button topics faced

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Teen Tech Awards

TeenTech Awards – Royal Society, London

Rebecca Jones, CILIP Information Literacy Group’s Schools representative, reports below on judging entries for the TeenTech Award finals. The CILIP Information Literacy Group, in partnership with the TeenTech initiative, sponsors an award for 11-16 year olds that recognises excellence in research and information literacy. On Monday 20th June the finals of the TeenTech Awards took place

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Focus on FE: What is FELTAG?

Anne-Lise Harding, CILIP IL Group’s Further Education (FE) representative, writes below on the evolution of the FELTAG agenda.  The FELTAG Report and its resulting actions provide a national strategic impetus for developing FE students’ digital literacy and exploring online and blended delivery methods –  key priorities for IL colleagues in the FE sector. FELTAG stands for Further Education Learning Technology

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Webinar

Digital literacy in libraries event

CILIP’s  Information Literacy Group and the Multimedia, Information and Technology Group (MmIT) invite you to join them for a day-long conference of seminar talks and activities from digital literacy experts at the University of Liverpool in London on Friday 5th August 2016. Are you currently involved in developing, supporting and delivering digital literacy skills in

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