Information Literacy Journal Club – 2 February 2017

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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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#uklibchat – Information literacy: state of the art, challenges and opportunities

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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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LILAC CONFERENCE WEBINARS 2017: LILAC Awards

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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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Call for papers – CILIP Conference – 5th/6th July 2017

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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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Library and Information Research Journal: Special issue on strategic and policy making issues in information literacy

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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 

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Information Literacy Awards 2017 – now open for applications!

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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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Event report: Staffordshire TeachMeet on accessibility and IL, December 2016

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Eleanor Johnston, Academic Skills Librarian at Staffordshire University, has kindly provided a report on the recent Library TeachMeet event hosted by Staffordshire University Library and sponsored by the CILIP Information Literacy Group. Staffordshire University Library TeachMeet: “Accessibility in Libraries – an Information Literacy Approach” On 14th December 2016, Staffordshire University hosted a Library TeachMeet at the Stoke

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Event Report – Supporting Young People in the Digital Information Age: The Role of Libraries in Promoting Transition Skills

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Isobel Ramsden reports on the CILIP Information Literacy Group’s first joint event with the CILIP Information Services Group (London & South East), “Supporting Young People in the Digital Information Age: The Role of Libraries in Promoting Transition Skills”. The event was held at CILIP on 30th November 2016. The event started with a talk by Natasha Skeen,

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