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Three wishes for Information Literacy in 2025

Three wishes for information literacy in 2025

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In this blog post Laura Woods, co-Chair of the Information Literacy Group, reflects on the current political climate and what this means for information literacy. This blog represents Laura’s personal views on the topic. ______________________________________________________________ Happy New Year to the information literacy community! January is traditionally a time for reflecting on the past, and looking […]

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UK government aspirations for Media Literacy in schools

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This article was first posted on MILA UK government ministers have indicated clearly that they wish to see a place for media literacy education in schools. The House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee is running an inquiry into the future of news; a public hearing of this on 15 October considered, among a range

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Reflections on liberating the library through information creation: a ‘messy’ workshop at LILAC 2024

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Rhian Whitehead-Wright, Vicky Grant, Tomás Rocha-Lawrence and Courtney Wood explore their “messy” workshops, held in the library at the University of Sheffield, as a means of liberating the library space and what libraries means to their users. The team delivered their own messy workshop at LILAC 2024 and reflect on their session here.   At the

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All Change Ahead for School Librarians: The Labour Party’s Education Policy and its Potential Impact

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Sarah Pavey, our School Librarian representative, looks at how the new Education Policy may impact school librarians. Following the 2024 UK general election, the Labour Party now will be putting the pledges in its manifesto into practice. Indeed, it has laid out a series of ambitious aims for education reform. While not explicitly mentioning school

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Unfolding Our Genius Hour Journey: Fostering Information Literacy Through Student Curiosity

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This guest post is by Sanam Bozorgi, a teacher librarian at Arbor school in Dubai. Although I am not a big fan of Harry Potter, but in book number five, ‘The Order of the Phoenix,’ there is a real interesting example of inquiry-based learning. Unlike Dolores Umbridge’s rigid, textbook-driven approach, Harry Potter’s Dumbledore’s Army showcases

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Missing cardigan sleeves and half-finished zippers: Flipping the information evaluation script

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In this article, Alison Hicks reflects on the growth of AI generated images and their implications in the world of authenticity and information literacy.  It’s taken me a long time to decide if I want to go here… but what the heck, let’s talk about the recent digitally enhanced royal photo. Rest assured that I

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Don’t call us…impact of mobile phone bans in schools on information literacy – Sarah Pavey

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Mobile phone debates in school continue heating up, as recent governmental guidance from the Department for Education (DfE, 2023) recommends bans across English schools to alleviate distraction and discipline issues. While such swift prohibition seems an easy fix, the policy directive appears a knee-jerk response lacking thorough consultation with key education experts (Norden, 2023). Outright

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Transportation touchpoints: emerging challenges for everyday information literacy

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Alison Hicks reflects on the challenges faced by information literacy when transport prevents crucial social and physical interactions. During my visit to the Outer Hebrides this summer, I travelled over one of the islands’ most recently constructed bridges to the small settlement of Scalpay. Built during the 2000s, the bridge was celebrated for replacing the

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AI in Higher Education: Recent news and resources

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In this blog post, Laura Woods, Deputy Chair of the CILIP Information Literacy Group, gives a summary of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Higher Education, highlighting recent news on the topic and some useful resources. As the new term begins in higher education, all the conversations in the sector seem to be about generative AI and

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