Events

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Supporting Young People in the Digital Information Age event: 30th November

The role of libraries in promoting transition skills Join CILIP’s Information Services Group (London & South East) and CILIP Information Literacy Group for an afternoon exploring how libraries are supporting young people in developing the research and information literacy skills which will help them prepare for further or higher education. Libraries across all sectors have […]

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Announcement

Free webinar on IL and copyright teaching

Chris Morrison, Copyright and Licensing Compliance Officer at the University of Kent, is to present a webinar on Copyright the Card Game on Thursday, October 12th, 2016, as part of the Elsevier Library Connect webinar series. The session is entitled ‘Trends in Teaching Information Literacy’ and will also feature presentations by information literacy experts Katy Kavanagh Webb

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LILAC 2017: call for papers now open

The LILAC Committee and CILIP Information Literacy Group are pleased to share that the call for papers for the 2017 Librarians’ Information Literacy Annual Conference (LILAC) is now open. LILAC is a great opportunity for IL professionals to present their ideas, share best practice and showcase new thinking in the sector, in a variety of session formats. LILAC welcomes proposals

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Information Literacy Journal Club – Thursday 29th September

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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News

Global Media and Information Literacy week

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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Information Literacy Journal Club: Thursday 25th August

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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Webinar

Digital Literacy in Libraries – event report

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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More places added for Digital Literacy in Libraries event

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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Research

Information Literacy Journal Club: Thursday, 21st July 2016

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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