Make or Break: The UK’s Digital Future: Some thoughts from ILG and InformALL

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The House of Lords Digital Skills Committee published its report “Make or Break: The UK’s Digital Future” in February.  On behalf of members, CILIP submitted evidence to the Committee last September. The CILIP Information Literacy Group (ILG) and InformALL have been taking a look at its recommendations and have found that, whilst it makes an important contribution […]

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Report from “Developing a Blended Learning Skills Programme” workshop

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Emma Woods, CILIP IL Group Marketing Officer and an Information Consultant at Royal Holloway, gives her thoughts on the Developing a Blended Learning Skills Programme workshop, held at CILIP on 26th March 2015. This workshop was organised by the CILIP IL Group and run by Jade Kelsall and Jennie Blake from the University of Manchester.

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Book now for Librarians as Teachers event in Birmingham

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ARLG West Midlands and CILIP West Midlands Member Network invite you to attend their joint one-day conference, “Librarians as Teachers”,  on June 10, 2015 at Conference Aston in Birmingham. The event, sponsored by the CILIP Information Literacy Group, will feature are a range of speakers from across the sectors, including HE, FE, Schools and Health

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Report on Welsh Information Literacy Project Closing Conference

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Rebecca Mogg and Cathie Jackson offer their thoughts on the Welsh Information Literacy Project Closing Conference, which took place on Thursday, 26th March, 2015 at Glyndŵr University in Wrexham. This one-day event at Glyndwr University celebrated the achievements of the Welsh Information Literacy Project (WILP) as its funded work comes to a close. The importance of cross-sector collaboration

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How does the Sieghart Report relate to public librarians’ role in IL?

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Jacqueline Geekie, the CILIP Information Literacy Group’s Public Library Representative, offers her thoughts on the recent Sieghart panel independent report on public libraries. I have been reflecting on the Sieghart Report and how this fits in with my roles as Information Literacy and Learning Librarian for Aberdeenshire Libraries and as the Public Library Representative on

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WILU 2015: Registration is now open!

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Registration is now open  for the 44th annual WILU (Workshop for Instruction in Library Use) conference, taking place in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada, from June 15-17, 2015. The theme of this year’s conference is Sea Change: Transforming Learning.  The conference organisers are inspired by the ideas of change, growth, and transformation, and of teaching’s role in helping to transform

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TeenTech launch 11-16 Research and Information Literacy Award

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The CILIP Information Literacy Group, in partnership with the TeenTech initiative, is delighted to announce a new award for 11-16 year olds that will recognise excellence in research and information literacy. The Research and Information Literacy Award will celebrate how well young people can dispel the ‘Google Generation’ myth and show that they can be truly

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Notice of CILIP Information Literacy Group AGM

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The CILIP Information Literacy Group Annual General Meeting will take place on Thursday, April 9th, 2015, 13:15-13:45, during LILAC 2015 in Newcastle. The venue for the AGM is the Armstrong Recital Room, in the Armstrong Building, University of Newcastle. Attendance at the AGM is free and open to all ILG members.  ILG members who have not booked

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