LILAC 2017 will be taking place at Swansea University’s beautiful Bay Campus, from 10th-12th April 2017. The LILAC committee have been working hard preparing everything in advance of what we hope will be another inspiring and enjoyable 3 days. As autumn approaches we wanted to take this opportunity to highlight a few upcoming dates for […]
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The CILIP Health Libraries Group Conference takes place in Scarborough from 15 to 16 September. Once again, the CILIP Information Literacy Group (ILG) is a sponsor of this excellent event. If you are attending the conference, you will find our brand new Health Information Literacy leaflet in your delegate pack. The ILG wishes everyone attending
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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 next Journal Club will be discussing the I-LEARN model for information
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What is your role on the committee? I am one of the web editors of the IL website. The website editorial group is a sub-group of the CILIP Information Literacy Group. When did you join and why? I joined the group in 2013. I was just moving away from an academic liaison librarian role to pursue a new direction as
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The fifth annual Global Media and Information Literacy (MIL) week will take place from 31 October to 5 November 2016. The theme of the week is Media and Information Literacy: New Paradigms for Intercultural Dialogue, with the main aim being to share the latest research, projects and new ideas from a diverse range of stakeholders. More information on the
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Andrew Walsh, Academic Librarian at the University of Huddersfield and Training Officer for the CILIP Information Literacy Group, tells us about some exciting developments with his “Escape rooms for learning” idea, which was first unveiled at LILAC 2016‘s Lagadothon event. Since winning the Lagadothon with “Escaping the Induction”, I’ve been working on my prototype, which
Escape rooms for learning: the LILAC Lagadothon 2016 winner Read More »
Do you help to deliver a library or information service and have recently carried out research? Perhaps it was in the field of information literacy? If so, you might be interested in applying for a new Library and Information Science Practitioner Researcher Excellence Award that has recently been launched by CILIP’s Library and Information Research Group. The LIS
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What is your role on the committee? I am one of the web editors of the IL website. The website editorial group is a sub-group of the CILIP Information Literacy Group. When did you join and why? I was asked to join by Dan who chairs the group; Dan and I used to work together and he was
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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 15:00 UK time (times elsewhere
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Re-posted with permission from the MmIT Group’s Blog / Original post by Lizzie Sparrow. A chance conversation earlier in the year between the chairs to two of CILIP’s special interest groups led to the first joint event hosted between the Information Literacy Group and the Multimedia, Information and Technology group, which was held at the
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