Due to exceptional demand, additional places are now available for the Digital Literacy in Libraries event in London on Friday, August 5th, 2016. The CILIP 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 […]
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What is your role on the committee? I am the ILG Membership Secretary. When did you join and why? I joined the group committee back in May 2016. Having been involved with a number of CILIP groups in the past, it looked a really interesting opportunity to get involved with the group and keep professionally active. What
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The CILIP Information Literacy Group is pleased to announce the recipient of its bursary to attend the European Conference on Information Literacy (ECIL) in October 2016 in Prague. Kirsten McCormick, a librarian at Glasgow Life public libraries, will attend the event, which will be held at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic, from 10-13th October 2016. This is the fourth European Conference on
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The latest issue of GKIM Matters, the joint journal from CILIP’s Government Information Group and the Network of Government Library and Information Specialists, features an article by Stéphane Goldstein on the topic of “Information Literacy in the Workplace”. The article considers what information literacy (IL) signifies in the workplace, and highlights the key findings of a significant
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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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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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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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This year’s CILIP Conference is taking place in the beautiful Brighton Dome from 12th to 13th July. As a CILIP Special Interest Group, the Information Literacy Group will have a stand in the exhibition area, where you can come and chat to some of our fabulous committee members, and also pick up some of our stylish freebies. Who’s
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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
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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