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Free Staffordshire Teachmeet on Information Literacy and Making Judgements

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Staffordshire University Library are hosting a free Library TeachMeet event on the theme of “Information Literacy and Making Judgements: from Brexit to The White House” on Thursday 4th May. The event will be held on Thursday 4th May from 1pm-4pm in Stoke-on-Trent and will start with a lunch sponsored by the CILIP Information Literacy Group. Attendees are […]

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Information Literacy Journal Club – 16 March 2017

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The next Information Literacy Journal Club discussion is taking place this Thursday, March 16th, starting at 8pm UK time (4pm EST, 9pm Norway). The article chosen for discussion is “An assessment of library instruction: its influence on search behaviour of first- and third-year students” by Torunn Skofsrud Boger, Hanne Dybvik, Anne-Lise Eng and Else Helene Norheim,

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Bursary places available for CILIP Conference 2017

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The Chartered Institute for Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) is offering bursary places for the CILIP Conference 2017 through each of its Special Interest Groups. The CILIP Conference (5-6 July, Manchester) brings together library, knowledge and information professionals from across sectors, giving delegates an opportunity to share experiences, advice and best practice, develop skills and be

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WILU 2017 conference – Edmonton, Alberta, Canada – 23rd-25th May 2017

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The Workshop for Instruction in Library Use (WILU) conference is now open for registration! WILU is Canada’s annual information literacy conference. In 2017, it is being hosted at the University of Alberta in Edmonton between 23rd and 25th May 2017. The theme of the 46th conference is ‘Engage, Expand and Explore’: Engage: How do we engage

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LILAC Awards deadline extended to March 9th

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The deadline for receipt of entries for this year’s Information Literacy awards, the UK’s most prestigious awards in the field, has been extended to 5pm GMT on Thursday March 9th. The Information Literacy Award (sponsored by CILIP Information Literacy Group and the National Library of Wales) recognises an outstanding individual contribution to information literacy made

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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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